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Milan Cortina: insults and threats to the champion, shame on social media

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Too often on social networks one can read obscene messages aimed at athletes as a result of their poor performance. This is the case, for example, with Pola Beltowska: the young Polish athlete, making her debut in the Olympic Games, jumped 82 meters in the mixed team ski jumping competition and Poland failed to qualify for the final. Immediately after her performance, she received so many despicable messages that forced the Polish ski federation to issue an official statement.

SportalMilan Cortina, huge scare for unlucky Chinese woman: photos

Huge scare for Liu Jiayu during the second qualifying heat of the snowboard halfpipe
The Chinese champion was the victim of a bad fall
Liu Jiayu fell violently in landing phase after a jump
The impact was extremely hard: the athlete was thrown against the ice at full speed
The rescuers intervened promptly to check the condition of the Chinese expert
After performing the first maneuvers, rescuers decided to take Liu Jiayu to the medical center on a stretcher

Beautiful the'applause that the Livigno audience reserved for the very strong champion
The race was interrupted for a few minutes, later resumed regularly
On social many fans sent messages of support to Liu Jiayu
Clearly we all hope that the Chinese champion will recover soon: come on Liu Jiayu!

At the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games he won the silver medal just in the'halfpipe

In the World Cup his best finish is the second place he got in 2013

“We do not and will never tolerate the’hatred directed at Pola Beltowska. What we are witnessing has crossed all limits of sports criticism. It is a personal attack that causes suffering not only to the athlete, but also to those close to her. A line has been crossed. Any athlete can face substantial evaluation of her performance but no one can accept hate and private messages such as those received by Pola”.

“As a federation we support our athletes. We support them not only in moments of triumph, but especially when they become targets of ruthless attacks. Pola has our full support: concrete, human and with the’assistance of a psychologist working with the team. Pola Beltowska earned her place in the Olympics through hard work in the World Cup. She is one of the country&#8217s best athletes and ranked among the top 50 ski jumpers in the world in the most important event in the past four years. These are facts that no amount of anonymous hate will change” the note continued.

“Incitement to hate kills passion, destroys the psyche and undermines the foundations of the sport. It also effectively discourages young people who dream of representing Poland. If we do not say “enough” we will lose the talents that we, as a country, should cherish. Pula, we are with you”. Thousands of users, from Poland and beyond, have sent messages of support to the young champion in the last few hours, urging her not to heed the hate messages she received after her performance.

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