From the gorgeous, strong women thread:
Katarina Witt sucks blue donkeys IMO.
Perhaps it was the way she was trained, but she was accused by other skaters and somewhat admitted in one interview - after the Curtain fell - to using intimidation tactics on the ice. During rehearsals she would intentionally skate too close or land too close to an opponent, try to run them off the ice into the wall. Then when called on it, she would put on an innocent face and pretend it was just an accident. I understand that mind-games are part of the competition, but these type of tactics could easily turn into an injury - they are wearing sharpened metal blades - so her actions were reckless and showed a definite lack of conisideration to the safety of her fellow performers.
