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U.S. Speedskater Admits To Sabotaging Rival's Skates

U.S. Speedskater Admits To Sabotaging Rival's Skates
Jade Walker
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Overnight Editor, HuffPost

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2011, file photo, winner Simon Cho, of the United States, competes during the men's 500-meter final race at the Short Track Speedskating World Cup in Dresden, Germany. Fourteen current members of the national team, including 2010 Olympic medalists Allison Baver, J.R. Celski, Travis Jayner and Jordan Malone, initially signed a grievance alleging they were abused verbally, physically and psychologically by head coach Jae Su Chun. The demand for arbitration also claims Chun was the mastermind of an incident at the 2011 world championships in which Cho was accused of tampering with the skate of a Canadian athlete. Cho has declined comment about the incident but is competing with the U.S. National racing program at the U.S. Single Distance Short Track Speedskating Championships beginning Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2011, file photo, winner Simon Cho, of the United States, competes during the men's 500-meter final race at the Short Track Speedskating World Cup in Dresden, Germany. Fourteen current members of the national team, including 2010 Olympic medalists Allison Baver, J.R. Celski, Travis Jayner and Jordan Malone, initially signed a grievance alleging they were abused verbally, physically and psychologically by head coach Jae Su Chun. The demand for arbitration also claims Chun was the mastermind of an incident at the 2011 world championships in which Cho was accused of tampering with the skate of a Canadian athlete. Cho has declined comment about the incident but is competing with the U.S. National racing program at the U.S. Single Distance Short Track Speedskating Championships beginning Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)

American speedskater Simon Cho says what he did was "wrong" when he yielded to what he claims was persistent pressure from a coach to tamper with another skater's blades at the World Short Track Team Championships in Poland last year.

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