Olympic bronze medallist Amy Tinkler says she “would give up her Olympic medal” to have never experienced mistreatment within gymnastics.
Tinkler, 20, submitted a complaint over allegations of mistreatment within the sport in December 2019.
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A family was treated “terribly” by a gymnastics club after reporting alleged sexual abuse, an investigation found. The parents of Kirsty, not her real name, alleged that she had been abused by a former coach when she was 10. The family were then excluded from the York club for a year, a report said. British…
British Gymnastics will name banned coaches as part of plans for “zero tolerance on abuse” and putting athlete welfare ahead of winning medals. It follows the Whyte Review which detailed “systemic” issues of physical and emotional abuse in gymnastics, as well as some incidents of sexual abuse. British Gymnastics says it will “break the cycle…
Natalie Pirks British Gymnastics says it will replace the independent complaints process set up after widespread concerns over the treatment of gymnasts, following criticism from victims of abuse. An independent report into practices across British gymnastics in June 2022 described systemic physical and emotional abuse in the sport and found gymnast wellbeing and welfare had…
Olympic medallist Amy Tinkler says she has “no confidence” in British Gymnastics’ integrity unit’s “ability to be honest and moral”. Tinkler, 20, says she has not received an explanation as to why her formal complaint was dismissed last month. She submitted a complaint over allegations of mistreatment within the sport in December 2019. In an…
Speaking on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, British Gymnastics chair Mike Darcey says an independent safeguarding body will “help restore confidence” in how complaints into athlete welfare are dealt with. Read more here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/gymnastics/65613495
Jane Allen, the now outgoing CEO of British Gymnastics, unveiled her retirement plans on Wednesday without a hint of irony. She’ll ride off into the sunset with a backslap from her board of directors and barely a glance at the many gymnasts whose experience in her sport have become a life sentence. She claims to…