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Renowned gymnastics coach Gerrit Beltman: ‘I was possessed, and I was not alone’
July 25, 2020 / Noordhollands Dagblad, The Netherlands Marco Knippen @MarcoKnippen He is the personification of abuse in Dutch gymnastics. “And quite rightly so,” admits…
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A horrific complaint to BG that a parent wrote but didn’t dare send
This is common. Parents write letters of complaint but don’t dare send them. Another I know of details how a primary school boy was not…
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The ‘Fine Line’ Between Tough Coaching and Abuse
Has it ever occurred to you that our top gymnasts have succeeded DESPITE the way they have been coached and not because of it? A…
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A response to Europa Gymnastics Centre’s Statement
Categories: UK
Europa Gymnastics Centre have issued a statement in reply to Ellis O’Reilly’s harrowing stort on ITV. Here is a response to that statement
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Ireland’s first female gymnastic Olympian ‘forced to quit or face life in a wheelchair’
As Ireland’s first ever female Olympic gymnast Ellis O’Reilly is a genuine history-maker; an achievement to make her immensely proud and one she can treasure for the…
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A response to Europa Gymnastics Centre’s Statement
Categories: Abuse in sport
I have taken a great deal of consideration as to whether I should share some of my information. After seeing @EllisOReilly1‘s harrowing story on ITV…
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British gymnasts were judged on their figure and given rating from as young as eight years old
Kay Salisbury, now 31, says the ‘figure rating’ handed out in document by British Gymnastics made her instantly reject her body https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gymnastics/2020/07/18/british-gymnasts-judged-figure-given-rating-young-eight-years/
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Gymnastics abuse scandal continues to widen as revelations emerge across the globe
Similar stories of emotional abuse reveal a pattern of problematic coaching practices throughout the sport https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gymnastics/2020/07/17/gymnastics-abuse-scandal-continues-widen-revelations-emerge/
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Concerns over UK Sport’s involvement in BG review over accusations of inaction on welfare
Categories: UK
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Jane Allen & Peggy Liddick’s Australian reign: Livia Giles statement
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