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Svetlana Khorkina was a fantastic gymnast. But she’s clearly an egomaniac with no empathy. Literally the last person in the Gymnastics world who should be commenting on safety and ethics.
Why? “Because I absolutely don’t care who thinks what about me,” she told Olympic Channel in an exclusive interview.
Since her country’s COVID-19 quarantine was lifted, Mustáfina is back to full-time training during the week and spending her weekends with her three-year-old daughter Alisa. …
The 25-year-old is the subject of an Olympic Channel film entitled ‘Life in the Day of Aliyá Mustáfina’ where she talks about how she always enjoyed competing against Aly Raisman and now Simone Biles. …
The Dutch Federation has taken allegations very seriously. And especially the admissions of Gerrit Beltman, now coaching in Singapore.
Last week, the KNGU announced an independent investigation into all Gym Sports. And urged athletes to report abuses to the Center for Safe Sports in the Netherlands.
‘The stories are coming from all sides,’ KNGU chairwoman Monique Kempff told a news conference. ‘And if you want to make a cultural shift, you cannot take half measures.’
The current Team Netherlands supports their coaching system.
The statement can be read on the Instagram pages of Sanne Wevers, Lieke Wevers, Eythora Thorsdottir, Vera van Pol, Laura de Witt, Tisha Volleman, Sara van Disseldorp, Naomi Visser, Kirsten Polderman and Sanna Veerman. Céline van Gerner, who stopped last August, also shared the statement. …
“The past period has been an accumulation of sad news from the world of gymnastics. First internationally, but now also nationally. Our condolences go to everyone who has had negative experiences in our sport.”
“We do not recognize ourselves in the image that is now sketched of Dutch gymnastics with regard to the stories of the past. Where in the past there was room for physical and mental flogging, this is a thing of the past …
Judy coached 1992 Canadian Olympian Jennifer Wood.
Training re-started at Kin June 15th. The top girls had worked back up to 4 hours / day summer training by the end of July.
The Gym itself is being redesigned post the COVID-19 break for more advanced kids, fewer Recreation. That’s likely to be membership reality in the near term.