An elite gymnast who revealed her abuse in British Gymnastics claims that the children she now coaches are being punished after she spoke out.Lamara Robb says she “burst into tears” when she thought her students were being unfairly treated because they were coached by her.Given the nature of the sport this is incredibly hard to…
As the damning Whyte Review reveals a culture of abuse and fear in British Gymnastics, we’ll be asking what the sport can do to restore its reputation. With many other sports reeling from welfare scandals, we’ll discuss how far coaches should go to push elite athletes, especially when they are children? We hear from Paralympic…
Former gymnast Nicole Pavier, new British Gymnastics CEO Sarah Powell, and Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson react to the Whyte Review. The independent investigation, co-commissioned by UK Sport and Sport England, was released on Thursday and found gymnast wellbeing and welfare “has not been at the centre of British Gymnastics’ culture”. Read more here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/gymnastics/61839606
Dan Roan Anne Whyte’s shocking report into the “systemic” physical and emotional abuse of young athletes is a devastating blow to the reputation of gymnastics. But as the QC makes clear early on in her 306-page report, while undoubtedly the most serious to date, it is far from the only athlete-welfare scandal to cast a…
Warning: This article contains some description of graphic injuries and abuse. Gymnasts have been “heard” and “vindicated” following the release of the report detailing the “systemic” abuse of gymnasts in Britain, says two-time Olympian Becky Downie. The Whyte Review, released on Thursday, heard from athletes who were made to train on broken bones, punished for…
This week, a damning report led by Anne Whyte QC laid bare “systemic” issues of physical and emotional abuse in gymnastics, as well as some incidents of sexual abuse. The £3m review and its 306-page report detailed incidents of athletes being made to train on broken bones, punished for needing the toilet, sat on by…
Warning: This article contains some description of graphic injuries and abuse. Issues of physical and emotional abuse within gymnastics in Britain were “systemic”, an independent investigation has found. The Whyte Review, co-commissioned by UK Sport and Sport England, was released on Thursday and found gymnast wellbeing and welfare “has not been at the centre of…
A review, commissioned after an ITV News investigation into abuse in British Gymnastics, is expected to lay bare the extent of the mistreatment at both elite and amateur levels that has tarnished a golden era of success. The Whyte Review, jointly commissioned by UK Sport and Sport England in 2020 and chaired by Anne Whyte…
British Gymnastics will today be ordered to repair its abusive culture and given a strict timetable to enforce a series of recommendations. A 300-page report into widespread physical and emotional abuse in gymnastics – the culmination of a two-year investigation by Anne Whyte QC – will demand the sport makes the changes within a relatively…
British Gymnastics, already bracing itself for a potentially devastating report into abuse in its sport, has called a series of meetings with top-level coaches on Tuesday, ITV News understands. These meetings will allow the coaches of national squad gymnasts to ask in detail how the sport intends to deal with the fallout from what is likely…