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On the bars. and it turned out that the gymnasts had to speak to their coach and say, "i cant use this bar because there is too much of abbies blood on it," because it was too slippy. ambers parents say they took her out of the gym shortly after their daughter was hurt at age 11. ijust landed awkward and i heard a click and i thought... i was told to carry on as if nothing had happened but i couldnt carry on. it was up to me to ring my dad to come and pick me up and take me to the hospital where...

And what they say they witnessed as they chased their dreams in the sport. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, has this special report. this summer, 0lympic dreams should have been realised. instead, multiple claims of a culture of fear across the whole of gymnastics in this country have been laid bare by those who could no longer stay silent. id wake up and feel physically sick. it was not a happy place and it should have been a happy place and it was a sport but we all loved but for me, a...

Have spoken for the first time about how they feel they were mistreated and bullied. the young women all used to train at the city of liverpool gym club and their claims come after a number of other gymnasts around the world made similar allegations about their own treatment and what they say they witnessed as they chased their dreams in the sport. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks has this special report. this summer, 0lympic dreams should have been realised. instead, multiple claims of a ...

Best i could. >> everything revolves around a sole focus, and thats the olympics. >> it really showed me in rio i wasnt alone. thats the thing that, one, surprised me but also scared the living crap out of me i remember looking at these first time olympians and being nervous for them. >> the nerves about whats going to happen after. >> correct, you put your whole life and soul in getting ready for that 30 or 40 seconds. then what? were just so lost a good 80%, maybe more, go through some kind of...

British sport at the elite and are doing the right thing and have athletes interest and welfare at their heart. i really, really believe that. but there is no room for the behaviour thats been described in some of those allegations in british sport, and allegations in british sport, and all of us in british sport have got to ta ke all of us in british sport have got to take a responsibility in making sure that people who behave like that are not welcome. like in everyday life, there are people w...

People that dont behave to the standards that i come at you would wa nt to standards that i come at you would want to see. and he sports gets its share of those people that come into oui’ share of those people that come into our world. what we need to do collectively moving forward is route those people out. if you are not confident with british gymnastics and its commitment to improve athlete welfare are you prepared to cut its funding? the measures that are open to us with any sport is to pu...

Away with it. maggie nichols was an olympic hopeful in 2016, her coach overheard her talking about this behaviour of nassars and urged her to allow the coach to report that to usag and finally maggie agreed and they did so privately to usa gymnastics. as soon as that reporting happened, she was treated differently at events, the parents were treated differently. and of course, simultaneous with that, maggie does not make the 2016 olympic team. now, we cant prove anything about why that happened,...

Usa gymnastics has now acknowledged that a subculture did exist within its ranks that enabled the horrific abuse of athletes. but under new leadership, there was a shift in focus to prioritise athlete wellbeing, they have also implemented what they call a safe sport policy to clearly define and prevent abuse, as well as make reporting misconduct mandatory. jennifer sey, a former elite american gymnast and producer on athlete a, believes policy is important but real change in the sports will come...

Weeks. the olympics should be happening but that does not stop us from talking about it? it should have been day four of the olympics, a fourth olympic games for tom daley. i had a lovely trip to london last week to chat with him and learn about how he has been adapting to not being able to get into the pool. aquatics centre is for the first time, but for the last month he has not been able to get into the pool and train and put the finishing touches on that olympic preparation. a year to go unt...

Play it due to get under way at old trafford in the next hour and a half also. theres going to be an organised anti—racism protest before the british grand prix this weekend, after lewis hamilton accused formula 1 and the sports governing body of a lack of leadership on the issue. the six—time formula 1 world champion was frustrated in the last two races when the protests were badly organised — and therefore poorly covered by the television cameras. there was a shock forjohanna konta on th...