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Did the pursuit of excellence in gymnastics lead to bullying and abuse?
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Mentoring and Injury Management in Gymnastics
The following is an insightful guest blog on improving mentoring and injury management in gymnastics: Having followed the current conversation on abuse in gymnastics, I…
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Acro Gymnastics Revealed: Toxic, Incestuous, Cult-like
Inspired by others speaking out, an acro parent has written to me with a guest blog that reveals the true nature of Acrobatic Gymnastics: “I’m…
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The World of Acrobatic Gymnastics: The Lid Starts to Come Off…
The world of ‘acro’ gymnastics is a small and intense one that first came to prominence when Spellbound won Britain’s Got Talent. Very few ‘accro’…
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“Show me a way to produce results without using my methods and I’ll listen” says an abusive coach – why didn’t BG show her?
Another harrowing account from a guest. Sadly, I know of many young lives that could have been saved from long-term physical and mental injury had…
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Jane Allen temporarily steps down from role with UK Sport amid British Gymnastics abuse scandal but has refused to permanently leave her post as governing body’s chief executive
Categories: Daily Mail
British Gymnastics boss Jane Allen has stepped down from her role in UK Sport She has temporarily left her position on the UK Sport Major…
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Former coach of British Olympians Becky and Ellie Downie suspended after a complaint following independent review launched into allegations of abuse in the sport
Claire Barbieri is the director of Robin Hood Gymnastics Club in Nottingham She was formerly the director of coaching at Notts Gymnastics Academy Barbieri has…
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Gymnastics New Zealand apologises after abuse complaints
Categories: UK
Gymnastics New Zealand apologised Wednesday and ordered an independent review into the culture of the sport after a string of athletes complained of physical and…
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Gymnastics: ‘I’ve put all my medals and trophies away’
“I’ve put all my medals and trophies away because I can’t actually look at them, because gymnastics reminds me of a bad time.” BBC Sport…
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‘I’ve hidden all my gymnastics trophies away’ – five ex-gymnasts tell their troubling stories
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08mvj3w
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Thank you for this blog. It is immensely powerful. A joint NSPCC/British Athletes Commission helpline will be established from Mon…
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