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Independent review into gymnastics insidious culture a weighty proposition

Supplied Former World Anti Doping Agency head David Howman led the independent review, alongside former Silver Fern Lesley Nichol and former gymnast Rachel Vickery. It has been overseen by former World Anti-Doping Agency head David Howman, who brought on former Silver Fern Lesley Nicol and former gymnast Rachel Vickery in September following the gymnastics community’s discomfort in not having women or child safety specialists on the review panel. Girls and women make up the vast majority of participants in the sport, with Gymnastics NZ reporting 88 per cent of all gymnasts are aged 12 or under, and 78 per cent are female.

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