An American figure skater is accused of hitting her rival with a skate blade.

The American figure skater was accused of injuring her rival from South Korea in the leg before performing at the World Championships.

Photo: video frame

22-year-old Mariah Bell reportedly hit 16-year-old Lim Yun-Soo with a blade of her own skate during a warm-up before they had to compete in the World Figure Skating Championships in Japan, on Wednesday.

Manager Lim claims that Bell cut Yun-Su's leg while the figure skaters rehearsed before the short program for women. According to him, the incident occurred when Lim was slowly moving on the edge of the rink after completing his turn.

“Mariah Bell, who was supposed to be rehearsing after Lim, suddenly hit her with the blade of her skate,” the skater’s agent said. —Mariah Bell did not apologize to Lim Yoon-Soo after the incident. Instead, she continued to rehearse."

Photo: video frame

As a result, Lim, who is playing for the first time at the World Championships for adults, was injured. The wound was treated and bandaged.

Despite the incident, Lim skated a personal record in 72,91 points.

She placed fifth in the women's short program in Saitama, while Bell placed sixth. Both women will compete in the free skate on Friday, March 22.

The International Figure Skating Organization reported that on Thursday, March 21, it had learned of the accusations against the American woman.

“Based on the evidence currently available, including the video, there is no evidence that Bell caused any harm to Lim,” the organization said in a statement.

In the history of figure skating, there was an incident when the former husband and bodyguard of the figure skater Tony Harding was accused of planning to attack their rival Nancy Kerrigan before the 1994 Olympics of the year in Lillehammer.

It was a sensational news story that dominated the headlines for several months, and then the story formed the basis of the Oscar-winning film, “I am Tonya.”

Kerrigan won silver at the Olympics, and Harding finished eighth.

Later, Harding was for life forbidden to participate in figure skating in the United States as a figure skater or coach after the USFSA commission concluded that she knew about the planned attack.

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