Liz Kincaid: Gymnastics coach was pulled from Tokyo Olympics squad after serious allegations made

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A leading gymnastics coach was pulled from Great Britain’s coaching squad just weeks before the Tokyo Olympics after a serious allegation was made against her, BBC Sport has learned.

At the time, Liz Kincaid’s retirement from the sport was given as the official reason for her withdrawal.

However, British Gymnastics had removed her from the team after an allegation was made about the mental health of one of her former gymnasts.

An investigation was launched but British Gymnastics had received other complaints about Kincaid almost a year earlier. Kincaid strongly denies all the allegations.

British Gymnastics said the British Olympic Association’s rules state no-one with “any unresolved ongoing complaints about them” could attend the Games.

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