Category: UK
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BBC elite British sportswomen study 2024: Impact of disordered eating and body image on athletes
“I never looked ill, I just looked like an athlete.” This elite sportswoman says she “became a bit obsessive with counting calories and weighing things”…
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BBC Elite British Sportswomen’s Study 2024 results
The BBC’s elite British sportswomen’s study questionnaire was sent to 615 athletes in 28 different sports and received 143 responses. It is the fourth time…
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Swim abuse scandal a chance for change – Adlington
Rebecca Adlington says the swimming abuse scandal is a chance for the “phenomenal” sport to move forward and change the culture forever. The two-time Olympic…
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‘Starved, thirsty, body shamed and punished’ in an ‘epidemic of abuse’ in British Gymnastics
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Elite Australian gymnasts reveal claims of emotional and verbal abuse by some coaches
Categories: UK
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Did the pursuit of excellence in gymnastics lead to bullying and abuse?
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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
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