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A Greek sailing coach accused of raping an 11-year-old athlete was arrested Sunday, the latest aftershock from an Olympic champion's allegations of sexual

Story highlights Several other women from the field of sports and beyond have now also spoken out about alleged harassment, and the Greek Supreme Court has urged prosecutors to make responding to such claims a priority. An Olympic sailing champion has accused a top sporting official in Greece of sexual abuse, the country’s first high-profile accusation of sexual assault and abuse of power since the #MeToo movement swept the world in recent years, bringing down powerful figures in the media, politics and sports. Claims by Sofia Bekatorou, a Greek Olympic sailing champion, that she was sex...

Greece’s Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou’s decision to speak out over an alleged sexual assault by a high-ranking federation official in 1998 has set off the country’s #MeToo movement. Shortly after the former Olympic gold medallist revealed the assault earlier in January during an online event organised by the Ministry of Culture and Sports about the protection of children in sport, dozens of other cases emerged, as a domino effect that exposed the dark side of sports in Greece.  Following the powerful testimony on the assault that occurred during preparations for the 2000 ...

Αssociated Press Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou arrives at the prosecutor s office in Athens, on Wednesday, Jan 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) 1/22/2021 The National Herald      ATHENS - Allegations by Greek olympic sailing gold medalist Sofia Bekatorou she was sexually assaulted in 1998 by a Hellenic Sailing Federation (HSF) official in  his hotel room has sparked other women and athletes to come forward with similar claims and sparked its own #MeToo movement in the country. As the news caused shock and outrage and spread through the media and society it has been ...

Saturday, 23 January 2021 The Shooting Federation of Cyprus is aware of at least five incidents of alleged sexual abuse after Commonwealth Games champion Andri Eleftheriou gave the name of an alleged attacker to the police. Eleftheriou had first spoken out about being subject to abuse in 2018, but the incident is back under the spotlight after Greek sailor Sofia Bekatorou made similar allegations this week. Bekatorou, who won gold in the 470 class at a home Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, said she was sexually abused in 1998 by a high-ranking member of the Hellenic Sailing Federation. This ...