Mariah Bell Breaks Silence Over Eun Soo Lim & Figure Skating Slicing Situation

Mariah Bell has broken her silence over the scandal that broke during the 2019 ISU World Figure Skating Championships earlier this month.

It was reported that the 22-year-old Team USA skater has intentionally run into South Korea’s Eun Soo Lim during practice, and sliced her calf just before the competition.

Reports also suggested that Mariah had been constantly bullying the 16-year-old skater, with whom she shares a coach.

“As I told Eunsoo in Japan, the incident at practice was very unfortunate and I meant absolutely no harm,” Mariah wrote on Instagram in a new post. “Our training environment is professional and supportive, and I’ve never changed locker rooms or training times or anything like that.”

She added, “The comments that my friends, family and I received on social media were hateful and disturbing and hopefully this situation raises awareness and causes people to think twice before hitting ‘tweet’ or ‘post.’”

“I learned a lot about my inner strength last week, and I’m excited to continue to train in the lead up to Beijing in 2022.”