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Amy tinkler, looking very at home! but the treatment she says she's had since has been more like a nightmare. a bbc news story in august led to the woman she lodged a complaint of mental abuse about, national team head coach amanda reddin, stepping aside, pending investigation. she denies all allegations. but despite concluding that complaint, british gymnastics still hasn't told tinkler the outcome. i would give up that medal to not have gone through what i did. not many people can say they've got an olympic medal, and the fact that i'd just rather not have that, to have gone through what i w...

Gymnast. >> being 4'9" when you begin and then all of a sudden you're 5'4". >> reporter: she placed fourth in the team and helped the team win the silver. >> ply silver medal means a lot to me, to stay at the top of the sport that long is hard. >> reporter: five years after winning the silver, she faced a challenge that called on that same drive and determination. at 22, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. >> i did get better. and it makes you just a lot more grateful. >> reporter: and she does a lot. >> i do about 80 hands stands every day. >> reporter: through coaching she remains inv...

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Serious issues to address. i would absolutely describe it as a culture of abuse. and i have lived and breathed it for 20 years, dan. it's emotional manipulation and being pushed through physical pain was certainly something i experienced. the gymnasts are still, in my opinion, treated like pieces of meat. would you say that you were abused yourself? i would say that i was abused. but we wanted to win medals. we wanted to win olympic medals. the governing body wanted to win olympic medals. the coaches wanted to win olympic medals. in a statement, british gymnastics said... earlier this year, wi...

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. i'd 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, and i don't know about the others, but it turned into a sport that i absolutely hated. these are the...