matsuki wrote:Wage Slave wrote:Trouble is you are saying he is guilty of child abuse and she is psychologically scarred for life by only being interested in the sport because she had to please daddy. I don't think you can judge that from the information you have and from what I have heard yes, he was certainly a very determined coach but actually she wanted that and did have a genuine passion for the sport. In any case he died two years ago FTR. What's a bit iffy is the fact that the Japanese public seemed to just expect that she would get gold yet again. This is her fourth Olympics. After 12 years at the very top of a sport like that it's not at all unreasonable that someone younger and better comes along.
Like I said above, if it's not the case, awesome....but the latest TV rendition of the story has her as a child, sobbing and declaring her hate for her father for he would give her nothing but harsh words and his stick...saying only her mother's embrace could bring her comfort. It indeed paints a picture of child abuse and psychological scarring with daddy trying to relive his passion through her at any expense. Accurate or not, it's a pretty bizarre story to blast on TV as a peek into an Olympic athlete's family life. Of course there's that new young table tennis champion that has a similar overbearing parent (mother in that instance) pushing a child beyond reason and preventing them from having a normal childhood for their own passion....but because the athlete is now older and grateful, it's all ok?
Fair enough. I haven't seen the program. I wonder if it's been quietly suppressed around here due to local sensitivities?
