BBC Archives - GymPal https://gympal.org.uk/category/bbc/ Gymnast Parent Alliance Wed, 05 Aug 2020 15:43:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://gympal.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/gyp-150x150.jpg BBC Archives - GymPal https://gympal.org.uk/category/bbc/ 32 32 Gymnastics: ‘I’ve put all my medals and trophies away’ https://gympal.org.uk/2020/08/05/gymnastics-ive-put-all-my-medals-and-trophies-away/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 15:43:00 +0000 http://gymnastalliance.com/?p=218 “I’ve put all my medals and trophies away because I can’t actually look at them, because gymnastics reminds me of a bad […]

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BBC Sport is sitting down with five former gymnasts – Sophie Jameson, Olivia Williams, Abbie Caig, Georgina Clements and Amber Leyland have agreed to tell their stories, in light of the widespread allegations of abuse that have rocked the sport in recent weeks.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnastics/53401847

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]]> 229 ‘I’ve hidden all my gymnastics trophies away’ – five ex-gymnasts tell their troubling stories https://gympal.org.uk/2020/08/05/ive-hidden-all-my-gymnastics-trophies-away-five-ex-gymnasts-tell-their-troubling-stories/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 15:41:00 +0000 http://gymnastalliance.com/?p=216 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08mvj3w

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]]> 228 Gymnastics abuse claims: British Gymnastics steps aside from independent review https://gympal.org.uk/2020/07/16/gymnastics-abuse-claims-british-gymnastics-steps-aside-from-independent-review/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 12:43:02 +0000 http://gymnastalliance.com/?p=60 British Gymnastics has stepped aside from a review into allegations of widespread mistreatment in the sport to “remove any doubt” over the […]

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]]> British Gymnastics has stepped aside from a review into allegations of widespread mistreatment in the sport to “remove any doubt” over the “integrity or independence” of the process.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnastics/53419739

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]]> 60 ‘I was terrified to put on weight’ – the ‘culture of fear’ in British gymnastics https://gympal.org.uk/2020/07/07/i-was-terrified-to-put-on-weight-the-culture-of-fear-in-british-gymnastics/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 12:37:39 +0000 http://gymnastalliance.com/?p=58 Nicole Pavier says an eating disorder still “plagues” her life. A former England gymnast, she says she was weighed every day during […]

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]]> Nicole Pavier says an eating disorder still “plagues” her life. A former England gymnast, she says she was weighed every day during her career.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnastics/53290256

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