The U.S. Olympic and national team artistic swimming coach is currently under investigation for allegedly abusing and bullying young swimmers for more than a decade.
U.S. Olympic and national team artistic swimming coach Hiea-Yoon Kang has been suspended from coaching at Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center in the wake of dozens of allegations that for more than a decade she has routinely abused and bullied young athletes, the Orange County Register has learned. U.S.
The U.S. Center for SafeSport has received complaints from as many as 18 swimmers and parents against Kang detailing more than 80 specific allegations over the course of the past 13 years ranging from physical, verbal and emotional abuse, bullying, body shaming, forcing athletes to compete or train while injured or suffering from medical issues that required surgery, and child labor and endangerment abuses, according to SafeSport documents obtained by the Register and interviews.
Swimmers suffered regular physical abuse by Kang ranging from being required to train as much as 40 hours per week, being forced to train or compete while recovering from surgeries, injuries that required other medical treatment and concussions, to being subjected to hypoxic training that put athletes at risk of losing consciousness under water, athletes and parents allege in interviews, SafeSport complaints and recordings.
Kang has denied swimmers water breaks and limited their lunch break to five minutes even on days where the athletes are training eight hours, swimmers and parents allege. Kang at times has refused to let swimmers leave the pool to eat or even touch the pool’s walls while in the water, leaving swimmers to consume snacks like cheese sticks while egg-beating to stay afloat in the middle of the water, athletes and parents said in interviews.
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