‘Complete the vision’:Goorjian excited by the Boomers’ dozen chasing Olympic gold
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Tokyo Olympics

‘Complete the vision’:Goorjian excited by the Boomers’ dozen chasing Olympic gold

Veterans Patty Mills and Joe Ingles,selected for their fourth Olympics,are key members of Australia’s 12-man Boomers squad for the Tokyo campaign starting later this month,while the athletics and gymnastics squads have also been announced.

  • byScott Spits,Roy Ward andPeter Ryan

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Cruel game:Former gymnasts open up on culture of fear and control

A letter written to a gymnast by former national women’s coach Peggy Liddick shows how teenage girls were treated in the pursuit of Olympic glory.

  • byChip Le Grand
Shocking gymnastics accident
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Shocking gymnastics accident

During a floor routine gymnast Emily Little breaks her neck. WARNING:Graphic images

ASC says sorry to gymnasts,watchdog says watch out
Australian Human Rights Commission

ASC says sorry to gymnasts,watchdog says watch out

The Australian Sports Commission apologises for abuses at the AIS in Canberra,and sports integrity’s head honcho says Australian sport will change forever.

  • byGreg Baum
ASC apologises to past AIS athletes subjected to ‘inappropriate treatment’
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ASC apologises to past AIS athletes subjected to ‘inappropriate treatment’

The ASC board said sorry to former alumni of the high performance sports “factory” and offered “ongoing support to former AIS athletes treated inappropriately in the past”.

  • byMichael Lynch
Young athletes must not be ill-treated in the rush for gold medals
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Young athletes must not be ill-treated in the rush for gold medals

A report into gymnastics in Australia shows the risks in the win-at-all-costs approach to sports.

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Kiwis show gymnasts the way over uneven bars
Australian Human Rights Commission

Kiwis show gymnasts the way over uneven bars

Aggrieved gymnasts say what they need most is a safe place to land. A New Zealand outfit thinks it has an answer.

  • byGreg Baum
Gymnastics Australia should say sorry to abused athletes and back it up with cash
Australian Human Rights Commission

Gymnastics Australia should say sorry to abused athletes and back it up with cash

The investigation into the culture of gymnastics in Australia is two decades overdue.

  • byAlison Quigley
Coaches must be held accountable:gymnastics whistleblowers speak out
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Australian Human Rights Commission

Coaches must be held accountable:gymnastics whistleblowers speak out

Former gymnasts Livia Giles and Mary-Anne Monckton have spoken up about the Australian Human Rights Commission’s damning report of abuse in the sport.

  • byGreg Baum andAnthony Colangelo
WA child gymnasts injected with cortisone without parent consent,former Olympian claims
Child abuse

WA child gymnasts injected with cortisone without parent consent,former Olympian claims

Close to 60 West Australian gymnasts have come forward to tell how they still struggle with mental health issues,eating disorders and stress after suffering abuse as child athletes.

  • byDaile Cross
Gymnastics abuse victims say WAIS still failing to take responsibility
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Gymnastics abuse victims say WAIS still failing to take responsibility

Gymnast Alliance Australia welcomed the release on Monday of an Australian Human Rights Commission investigation into the sport.

  • byDaile Cross