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Bullying and sexual assault: damning report on the gym in Australia

2021-05-03T15:46:07.684Z


Bodies excessively twisted to make them more flexible, sexual assault, teenage girls humiliated because they are still too big: in Australia, a report published on Monday draws up a damning state of the practice of gymnastics in recent decades. "I had a good life despite ...


Bodies excessively twisted to make them more flexible, sexual assault, teenage girls humiliated because they are still too fat: in Australia, a report published on Monday draws up a damning state of the practice of gymnastics in recent decades. "I had a good life despite gymnastics," testifies a former high-level athlete on condition of anonymity, among the fifty or so people questioned by the Australian Human Rights Commission for this report (AHRC). “But I had to deal with the physical and psychological consequences (of sport). "I sincerely wish I had never been part of the gym's elite." The testimonies are chilling throughout the report, which portrays Australian gym in its worst light. Reporting and investigating cases of mistreatment,neglect of children, bad behavior, intimidation, harassment and sexual assault (...) are not implemented "in the gym, deplores the AHRC, which also points to medical negligence and Racist and sexist remarks against the gymnasts. "She (the coach) stretched me to the point that I wanted to die. The pain was excruciating ... If I tensed or cried from the pain, she mattered more slowly, "said a former gymnast. The Australian Gymnastics Federation, which commissioned the investigation from the AHRC," apologized wholeheartedly to all the athletes who were abused and to their families. She promised to adopt the 12 recommendations proposed by the report.misconduct, intimidation, harassment and sexual assault (...) are not implemented "in the gym, deplores the AHRC, which also points to medical negligence and racist and sexist remarks at the against gymnasts. "She (the coach) stretched me to the point that I wanted to die. The pain was excruciating ... If I tensed or cried from the pain, it would count more slowly," recounts a former The Australian Gymnastics Federation, which commissioned the investigation from the AHRC, “apologized wholeheartedly to all the athletes who were abused as well as to their families.” It pledged to '' adopt the 12 recommendations proposed by the report.misconduct, intimidation, harassment and sexual assault (...) are not implemented "in the gym, deplores the AHRC, which also points to medical negligence and racist and sexist remarks at the against gymnasts. "She (the coach) stretched me to the point that I wanted to die. The pain was excruciating ... If I tensed or cried from the pain, it would count more slowly," recounts a former The Australian Gymnastics Federation, which commissioned the investigation from the AHRC, “apologized wholeheartedly to all the athletes who were abused as well as to their families.” It pledged to '' adopt the 12 recommendations proposed by the report.) are not implemented "in the gym, deplores the AHRC, which also points to medical negligence and racist and sexist remarks against gymnasts." She (the trainer) stretched me to the point that I wanted to die. The pain was excruciating ... If I tensed or cried because of the pain, it counted more slowly, "said a former gymnast. The Australian Gymnastics Federation, which commissioned this investigation from the AHRC, has “Apologized wholeheartedly to all athletes who have been abused as well as to their families.” She pledged to adopt the 12 recommendations proposed by the report.) are not implemented "in the gym, deplores the AHRC, which also points to medical negligence and racist and sexist remarks against gymnasts." She (the trainer) stretched me to the point that I wanted to die. The pain was excruciating ... If I tensed or cried because of the pain, it counted more slowly, "said a former gymnast. The Australian Gymnastics Federation, which commissioned this investigation from the AHRC, has “Apologized wholeheartedly to all athletes who have been abused as well as to their families.” She pledged to adopt the 12 recommendations proposed by the report.against gymnasts. “She (the coach) was stretching me to the point that I wanted to die. The pain was excruciating ... If I tensed or cried because of the pain, it would count more slowly, ”says a former gymnast. The Australian Gymnastics Federation, which commissioned the investigation from the AHRC, “apologized wholeheartedly to all athletes who were abused and their families”. She promised to adopt the 12 recommendations proposed by the report.against gymnasts. “She (the coach) was stretching me to the point that I wanted to die. The pain was excruciating ... If I tensed or cried because of the pain, it would count more slowly, ”says a former gymnast. The Australian Gymnastics Federation, which commissioned the investigation from the AHRC, “apologized wholeheartedly to all athletes who were abused and their families”. She promised to adopt the 12 recommendations proposed by the report.“apologized wholeheartedly to all athletes who were victims of abuse and to their families”. She promised to adopt the 12 recommendations proposed by the report.“apologized wholeheartedly to all athletes who were victims of abuse and to their families”. She promised to adopt the 12 recommendations proposed by the report.

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