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| Olympic skater Katarina Witt forgives her coach... |
| 2006-02-03 |
| ...for being a Stasi spy and reporting her activities to the GDR: Two-time Olympic figure skating champion Katarina Witt holds no grudge against coach Ingo Steuer for spying on her (and others) in the former East Germany and has urged the German Olympic Committee to let him go to the Turin Games. He was dropped from the German delegation for the February 10-26 Games because documents said he worked for the East German secret police, the Stasi, 1985-1989 and was paid for it. Steuer is currently back on the German delegation via an injunction, but the German Olympic committee has appealed this court ruling, with the case to be decided on Monday. "The whole thing could have been looked into much earlier. This helps no one. And the Olympics don't get any better this way for Germany," Witt told Bild. "I read my entire Stasi files 15 years ago and know since then who has sniffed around in my life. Ingo was one of quite a few people. For me the whole issue is over. I have put the documents away and hope they gather dust," she said. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #13 Ruh oh! |
| Posted by: Mr Ed 2006-02-03 17:54 |
| #12 um. This is second hand info and I can't vouch for it but there was a story going around a few years ago that she (she did skate for East German) was quite easy to get to know and didn't mind the fact that the Stazi was filming her and her "friends" enjoying some quality time. Actually a bit of a "sparrow" if the same term is applied to East German as Russian female intelligence sex workers. |
| Posted by: Phamble Spager4651 2006-02-03 16:22 |
| #11 I don't follow sports. Was she an East German at the time he was spying? If so, why the hell is anyone surprised? I'd be shocked if he didn't spy. People now tend to forget what it was like then - just about everyone in commie countries spied on someone. If she was skating for and living in West Germany, on the other hand.... He can go to hell. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-02-03 14:54 |
| #10 Cute |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-02-03 12:25 |
| #9 This link should work: Milk makes you a better skater |
| Posted by: Col. Klink 2006-02-03 11:53 |
| #8 Darn! The links didn't work, so follow these instructions: Go to the official Katarina Witt website, click on Pictures, then go to the top and click on Magazines link. You can also browse around on her site and find amazing shots of her on skates, showing off those killer legs! P.S. I agree with OldSpook. |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2006-02-03 11:43 |
| #7 If that were me? You're a bigger person than me, "Gunga-Kate" I totallty disliked her as a DDR skater, but have come to respect her quite alot... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-02-03 11:41 |
| #6 Worthless without pics? Ms. Witt and Here and Here In her German Playboy cover pic Setting sun pic Killer Legs and her official website: http://www.katarinawitt.de/index.html |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2006-02-03 11:38 |
| #5 Great Playboy photoshoot of her from 1999 I think. She has a bod that only God can give - and she looks good nude - the stuff dreams are made of, a woman, not a "girl". No skeleton like most models these days but no flab either. Why do women think they have to be so bony? A real man wants a real woman. That means hips, thighs and other areas should have something to them. A little bit of a belly is not a bad thing. Back on topic - she is simply amazing. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2006-02-03 11:27 |
| #4 sinffing, Chuck? Did ya get that one from Pat Robertson? |
| Posted by: BA 2006-02-03 10:40 |
| #3 I certainly understand the East German government's need to know in this case. Anyway, he was merely "sinffing around in her life". |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2006-02-03 10:32 |
| #2 Agreed - this thread is worthless without pics... |
| Posted by: Raj 2006-02-03 09:44 |
| #1 I would gladly as long as she's forgiving him, I can be a pig too....she's stilll hot... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-02-03 00:31 |
