Leading campaign group Gymnasts for Change (G4C) is calling for an immediate halt to the British Gymnastics complaints process, describing it as “not fit for purpose”. The claim comes after not a single case that was heard as a result of the Whyte review into the sport’s abusive culture has led to a coach being…
The author of a report which found “systemic” abuse and a “coach-led culture of fear” in gymnastics says long delays in resolving hundreds of complaints threaten to deter future whistle-blowers. Anne Whyte KC’s comments come as British Gymnastics implemented new safeguarding measures, recommended by her, to ban gymnasts being weighed and under-12s missing school. Speaking…
British Gymnastics’ “inept and dysfunctional” system means the “wheels of change are barely turning” a year on from the publication of the damning Whyte Review into abuse in the sport, a campaign group says. Friday marks 12 months since an independent investigation found issues of physical and emotional abuse within gymnastics in Britain were “systemic”….
Former elite gymnast Clare Heafford, Guardian sports reporter Sean Ingle and Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse US Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse, join Colin Murray to discuss The Whyte Review. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cj6mrr
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…