Young gymnastics were starved, made to hang from rings as a punishment and denied toilet breaks as part of a ‘systemic’ culture and physical and emotional abuse, an independent investigation has found.
Gymnasts as young as seven were starved, made to hang from rings as a punishment and denied toilet breaks as part of a ‘systemic’ culture of physical and emotional abuse, an independent investigation has found.
The report reveals coaches had publicly shamed young girls over their weight – with some forced to hang on the rings in the gym for a prolonged period of time as a punishment for being late to sessions. ‘I have concluded that gymnasts’ well-being and welfare has not been at the centre of [British Gymnastics’] culture for much of the period of the Review and has not, until very recently, featured as prominently as it ought to have done within the World Class Programme,’ wrote Whyte.
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