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Sae Miyakawa defends her abusive coach

I feel he should be banned AND arrested. This kind of physical punishment was quite common in Japan in the past. But I thought it was no longer tolerated.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

This video may be triggering to some people, but the Japanese Gymnastics Fed did the right thing to permanently dispose of this garbage coach. This is the VIDEO EVIDENCE of Sae Miyakawa's coach SLAPPING her. Makes me want to vomit https://t.co/klq8iwsAlu

— Daniel R (@whoisdanie1) September 10, 2018

On August 15, 2018, gymnastics coach, Yuto Hayami, was banned indefinitely by the Japan Gymnastics Association (JGA) from coaching gymnasts. …

On August 29, 18-year-old gymnast, Sae Miyakawa, held a press conference emotionally protesting the banning of her coach …

Miyakawa also said that while her coach, Hayami, did sometimes hit her, she wanted him restored as her coach. …

The Olympians – The Complex Case of Sae Miyakawa and Power Harassment in Japanese Women’s Gymnastics

The story is tied to the suspension of Chieko and Mitsuo Tsukahara.

(via theGymter.net)

Chieko and Mitsuo Tsukahara suspended

Japan’s gymnastics governing body on Monday handed two senior officials a temporary suspension over their alleged harassment of an Olympic gymnast.

… suspended from their duties until an independent committee finishes investigating the allegation by 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympian Sae Miyakawa. …

An independent committee, consisting of five lawyers, has been formed to look into the allegation after Miyakawa said she was subjected to power harassment by the Tsukaharas. …

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