UK – GymPal https://gympal.org.uk Gymnast Parent Alliance Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:51:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://gympal.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/gyp-150x150.jpg UK – GymPal https://gympal.org.uk 32 32 BBC elite British sportswomen study 2024: Impact of disordered eating and body image on athletes https://gympal.org.uk/2024/03/28/bbc-elite-british-sportswomen-study-2024-impact-of-disordered-eating-and-body-image-on-athletes/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:14:00 +0000 https://gymnastalliance.com/?p=253 “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” until she realised she had become “dangerously light”.

More than a third of 143 respondents to a BBC questionnaire sent to elite British sportswomen said they have experienced disordered eating.

Some who filled it out anonymously said they had restricted food because of social media abuse about the way they look and others because they need to meet weight categories for their sports.

Others said it was because they felt they did not meet expectations of what an athlete was ‘supposed to’ look like.

According to eating disorder charity Beat, disordered eating is about abnormal behaviours or attitudes that may not yet “meet the diagnostic criteria for an eating disorder but are still having a significant impact on someone’s life”.

Read the entire article here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/68445195

]]> BBC Elite British Sportswomen’s Study 2024 results https://gympal.org.uk/2024/03/25/bbc-elite-british-sportswomens-study-2024-results/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:19:00 +0000 https://gymnastalliance.com/?p=258 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 BBC Sport has sent one out, with results also published in 2013, 2015 and 2020.

Full 2024 study results here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/68534081

]]> Swim abuse scandal a chance for change – Adlington https://gympal.org.uk/2024/03/06/swim-abuse-scandal-a-chance-for-change-adlington/ Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:26:00 +0000 https://gymnastalliance.com/?p=260 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 gold medallist said she was lucky her coach “saw me as a human being first and an athlete second”.

An independent review found a systemic culture of fear in the sport, enabling abuse and bullying to exist for years.

Adlington said she had a positive experience but saw others who did not

Read more here…https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-68484980

]]> ‘Starved, thirsty, body shamed and punished’ in an ‘epidemic of abuse’ in British Gymnastics https://gympal.org.uk/2022/06/16/starved-thirsty-body-shamed-and-punished-in-an-epidemic-of-abuse-in-british-gymnastics/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:50:09 +0000 https://gymnastalliance.com/?p=248
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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 https://gympal.org.uk/2020/08/06/former-coach-of-british-olympians-becky-and-ellie-downie-suspended-after-a-complaint-following-independent-review-launched-into-allegations-of-abuse-in-the-sport/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:25:00 +0000 http://gymnastalliance.com/?p=206
  • 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 been barred from coaching or judging by British Gymnastics 

    • https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-8597739/British-gymnastics-coach-Claire-Barbieri-suspended-amid-independent-review-allegations-abuse.html

    ]]>         Gymnastics New Zealand apologises after abuse complaints https://gympal.org.uk/2020/08/05/gymnastics-new-zealand-apologises-after-abuse-complaints/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 21:33:00 +0000 http://gymnastalliance.com/?p=214 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 psychological abuse — including being “fat-shamed” and forced to compete while injured.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-8595321/Gymnastics-New-Zealand-apologises-abuse-complaints.html

    ]]>         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 time.”

    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

    ]]>         ‘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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