ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan, former cricket star and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has dismissed the media reports that he was having a bad time in his marital life and that PTI head was considering separation from his second wife as well, Daily Pakistan reported.
Khan took it to Twitter to rebut such claims terming it completely baseless.
“I am shocked at a TV channel making slanderous statement about my marriage. I strongly urge the media to desist from such baseless statements,” he tweeted.
Meanwhile, a statement on his Facebook official page asked those spreading such "baseless claims" to apologize over ‘irresponsible reporting.’
PTI also condemned the reports in posts on Twitter saying “The news about breakup of Imran Khan’s marriage with Reham Khan are totally baseless and false.”
Earlier, renowned journalist Arif Nizami claimed that PTI chairman Imran Khan has decided to part ways with his second wife.
Khan has been seen terming his marriage with Reham Khan as a worst decision of his life in private meetings, he added.
Nizami further said that upon PTI head’s decision to divorce Reham Khan also helped him to mend the disturbed ties with his sisters.
It is also pertinent to be mentioned here that Nizami was also the first person to reveal that Imran Khan was marrying TV anchor Reham Khan in November last year. His claims were initially dismissed by PTI however turned out to be true afterwards.
Other media reports previously cited the rifts among Mr. and Mrs. Khan a reason behind suspension of Reham Khan’s Twitter account. Imran Khan ‘ordered’ her to stop using Twitter any further, reports said.
Imran dismisses reports about his rifts with Reham
Imran dismisses reports about his rifts with Reham
Ilia Malinin hints at ‘inevitable crash’ amid Olympic pressure and online hate in social media post
- He says Olympic pressure and online hate have weighed on him. He described negative thoughts and past trauma flooding in during his skate
- He later congratulated the surprise champion, Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan
MILAN: Ilia Malinin posted a video on social media Monday juxtaposing images of his many triumphs with a black-and-white image of the US figure skater with his head buried in his hands, and a caption hinting at an “inevitable crash” amid the pressure of the Olympics while teasing that a “version of the story” is coming on Saturday.
That is when Malinin is expected to skate in the traditional exhibition gala to wrap up the Olympic figure skating program.
Malinin, who helped the US clinch the team gold medal early in the Winter Games, was the heavy favorite to add another gold in the individual event. But he fell twice and struggled throughout his free skate on Friday, ending up in eighth.
He acknowledged afterward that the pressure of the Olympics had worn him down, saying: “I didn’t really know how to handle it.”
Malinin alluded again to the weight he felt while competing in Milan in the caption to his social media video.
“On the world’s biggest stage, those who appear the strongest may still be fighting invisible battles on the inside,” wrote the 21-year-old Malinin. “Even your happiest memories can end up tainted by the noise. Vile online hatred attacks the mind and fear lures it into the darkness, no matter how hard you try to stay sane through the endless insurmountable pressure. It all builds up as these moments flash before your eyes, resulting in an inevitable crash.”
Malinin, who is expected to chase a third consecutive world title next month in Prague, had been unbeaten in 14 events over more than two years. Yet while Malinin always seemed to exude a preternatural calm that belied his age, the son of Olympic skaters Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov had admitted early in the Winter Games that he was feeling the pressure.
The first time came after an uneven short program in the team event, when he finished behind Yuma Kagiyama of Japan — the eventual individual silver medalist. Malinin referenced the strain of the Olympics again after the Americans had won the team gold medal.
But he seemed to be the loose, confident Malinin that his fans had come to know after winning the individual short program. He even playfully faked that he was about to do a risky backflip on the carpeted runway during his free skate introduction.
The program got off to a good start with a quad lutz, but the problems began when he bailed out of his quad axel. He ended up falling twice later in the program, and the resulting score was his worst since the US International Classic in September 2022.
Malinin was magnanimous afterward, hugging and congratulating surprise gold medalist Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan. He then answered a barrage of questions from reporters with poise and maturity that few would have had in such a situation.
“The nerves just went, so overwhelming,” he said, “and especially going into that starting pose, I just felt like all the traumatic moments of my life really just started flooding my head. So many negative thoughts that flooded into there and I could not handle it.”
“All I know is that it wasn’t my best skate,” Malinin added later, “and it was definitely something I wasn’t expecting. And it’s done, so I can’t go back and change it, even though I would love to.”
