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- From: jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton)
- Subject: AIDS on Ice / Canada
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.064623.27173@netcom.com>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 06:46:23 GMT
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- AIDS Daily Summary
- November 17, 1992
- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) National AIDS Clearinghouse makes
- available the following information as a public service only. Providing
- this information does not constitute endorsement by the CDC, the CDC
- Clearinghouse, or any other organization. Reproduction of this text is
- encouraged; however, copies may not be sold. Copyright 1992,
- Information, Inc., Bethesda, MD
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- "AIDS Deaths Tear at Figure-Skating World" New York Times (11/17/92), P.
- A1 (Bondy, Filip)
- Figure skating has been hard hit by the AIDS epidemic. In the last 12
- months, three world class Canadian figure skaters have died of the
- disease, and a British former Olympic champion skater announced he has
- AIDS. Tracy Wilson of Canada, who won a bronze medal in ice dancing in
- the 1988 Winter Olympics with Rob McCall, who died of AIDS last
- November, said, "I've lost three skating friends to AIDS, and you can
- safely assume there are others out there who have the disease and
- aren't talking about it." If a skater discloses he or she is HIV-
- positive or has AIDS, there is more than just a loss of privacy. The
- disclosure also brings along the strong possibility of loss of
- endorsements from sponsors and increased difficulties when crossing
- international borders for competitions. John Curry, the former world
- and Olympic champion from Britain, announced last month that he was
- suffering from AIDS and that he was returning to his home in England.
- Paul George, who represents the United States Figure Skating
- Association on the United States Olympic Committee Board of Directors,
- said he was shocked by Curry's recent announcement. "It made me think
- that we should redouble our education efforts. We have an obligation to
- our young athletes," he said. George added that the United States
- association's official magazine, Skating, will soon publish an article
- on the disease. Also, there will be a greater focus on the disease in
- seminars and educational programs for junior skaters.
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