Some gymnasts tell of sexual abuse. Others tell of rampant body shaming. Then there was the physical abuse. These are just some of the things detailed to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s investigation into gymnastics in Australia.
The women have made submissions to the Australian Human Rights Commisioner’s review of gymnastics culture in Australia alleging they were forced to compete with broken bones,barely ate and frequently suffered emotional abuse.
Most people,especially those of us hunched over keyboards all day,could do with mastering the playful handstand we remember from childhood.
John Geddert was accused of lying to investigators when he denied hearing complaints about Larry Nassar,currently serving decades in prison for sexually assaulting female athletes.
From years of sizing up vaulting horses in gyms around the world,the whole thing looked off to Allana Slater at the 2000 Olympics. And she was dead right.
Gymnastics'abuse claims spring from the sport's complicated relationship with its past.
“When I found myself,aged 14,alone in his house,I saw it as proof that I was special. I didn’t regard his first assault as rape,"Alison Quigley recalls.
A five-centimetre mistake sends gymnasts tumbling out of competition Olympics.
A research project indicates that women's gymnastics is not doing anyone favour's by concentrating on pre-pubescent competitors.
As voices continue to rise against an unpleasant culture in Australian gymnastics,the governing body calls in the Australian Human Rights Commission.
A group of almost 30 current and former Australian gymnasts retain a lawyer specialising in abuse to confront Gymnastics Australia as crisis grows.