"Many families have asked us to tell our story and I want to do it in the hope that it will be useful to those who will come later. Giada stopped at 12, she was a talented child, among the top 20 gymnasts in Italy in her category, he had been training since he was 4 years old, hours of the gym every day ": thus begins the testimony - collected by ChangeTheGame - of Sergio, Giada's father, a young gymnast from the world of rhythmics also forced to a forced retirement.
The child fell violently on the sacrum and still has problems with her spine, the risk in these cases is also to remain in a wheelchair for life.
My daughter was humiliated with words like: your parents are two st ..., they dumped you here, they don't give a damn about you, I have no choice, it was your parents who dumped you here .. . Indeed, his friend Maela was beaten with clubs on the arm ... ".
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The story of the young woman, and the stricken Italian teacher calls her parents.
The gymnastics instructor disqualified for a month and a half © ANSA
Sergio reported to the Federal Prosecutor.
The instructor was sanctioned with three months of disqualification never granted because the instructor continued to work continuously.
"Now - he comments - I read and reread the federation's communiqué dated October 30, 2022 where it says that the federal prosecutor will be interested in these problems, it would be funny if it wasn't very serious. Because we went through that federal prosecutor's office, we turned to the federation thinking that they would certainly protect some 12-year-old girls just turned, only to discover that they tried everything to protect their sick system. A farce. "
"However - concludes Sergio - I feel like closing by leaving words of hope. Even today we have some friends we met in the world, thanks to this experience Giada today has many friends, one in particular, Sofia, her best friend, they yes they attend often and we parents hang out too, really. Even Sofia's dad and mom are our best friends ... friends like Maila who will always be in our hearts, very good coaches with whom we work and compete in harmony ... fantastic girls like Sofia Raffaeli, our world champion ... I could go on for hours and hours ... so I say to the girls, don't give up, rhythmic gymnastics is a beautiful sport, I wish you to realize your dreams, but know that your dreams will already come true by simply doing sports ...it is the journey you will remember, more than the results ".