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…
Welsh Gymnastics has appointed a safeguarding adviser in response to the findings of a report into “systemic” abuse within British gymnastics. The Whyte Review, released on Thursday, found issues of physical and emotional abuse within British gymnastics. Jan Pickles, who has performed a similar role for Welsh government, will now advise the Welsh Gymnastics board….
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…
A coach-led culture of fear within British Gymnastics that put glory above athletes’ well-being led to gymnasts being subjected to physical and emotional abuse, a new review has found. The Whyte Review, commissioned after an ITV News investigation into abuse in British Gymnastics, laid bare the extent of the mistreatment at both elite and amateur…
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…
WARNING: This article contains distressing details. A former elite acrobatic gymnast has become the first to win a civil case against British Gymnastics for the abuse she experienced in the sport. Eloise Jotischky says Andrew Griffiths subjected her to inappropriate weight management techniques and verbal harassment when he was her coach at Heathrow Gymnastics Club….