British gymnast sues coaches

Gymnastics Examiner comments on former British team gymnast Rebecca Owen blaming lingering back issues on her gymnastics coaches, Colin and Christine Still.

… An international gymnast is suing her coaches after an injury left her unable to have a baby naturally.

Rebecca Owen, 23, a Commonwealth Games silver medallist, claims she had to train despite a back fracture.

Today, seven years after she quit her sport, she is in constant agony, unable to sit or stand for more than a few minutes. …

Training injury cost me chance of having baby, claims gymnast

The lurid headline makes me suspicious that this is a British tabloid exaggeration.

If Rebecca is as incapicitated as the story claims, she may have a case. But how do you prove it was training while injured?

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Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

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