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Kiss-and-cry: Is figure skating’s voyeuristic staple worth the mental health toll on its athletes
The International Skating Union debates mental health risks in the kiss-and-cry zone, especially for young skaters, after raising senior age limits for well-being post-2022 Beijing Games.
- The ISU reviews the kiss-and-cry ritual at Milan Cortina after Ilia Malinin's public dejection on Friday, highlighting its emotional toll.
- ISU Congress '24 held a safeguarding session with Gracie Gold, and debates at ISU Congress 2018 marked it as a longstanding governance issue, after the age limit change from 15 to 17 following Beijing 2022.
- Yamaguchi recalled hearing her scores at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, with artistic marks nearing 5.9, and Kevin Aymoz's tearful celebration after winning in 2023, illustrating the ritual's emotional extremes.
- ISU president Jae-youl Kim posed the trade-off between peak performance and athlete well-being as officials seek balance while recent additions like last year's 'hot seat' and Olympic 'podium box' increase pressure.
- Safeguarding advocates point to junior- and novice-level skaters' vulnerability to public scoring, while broadcasters/TV producers say the ritual creates 'good TV moments' that humanize skaters and boost fans and athlete brands.
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MILAN — Kristi Yamaguchi thought she had done enough to win the gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Even the dress she was wearing that night was accented with gold. But it wasn’t until Yamaguchi heard her scores while sitting in the kiss-and-cry area just off the ice inside Halle Olympique, longtime coach Christy Ness by her side, that everything became real. First came solid technical marks in the old 6.0 scoring sys…
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Kiss-and-cry: Is figure skating's voyeuristic staple worth the mental health toll on its athletes
The kiss-and-cry area has long been a staple of figure skating, providing fans with an unvarnished look at skaters as they learn their scores.
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