‘PARENTS SHOULD THINK BEFORE KIDS DO GYMNASTICS’
GYMNASTS FOR CHANGE, the campaign group leading legal action against British Gymnastics, urged the governing body to get their house in order fast.
They said in a statement: ‘It should not have been left to the campaign work of athletes and parents to expose a culture of catastrophic safeguarding failings. Ultimately, medals were prioritised over athlete welfare.
‘We urge British Gymnastics to adopt the recommendations set out without delay. However, the recommendations fall far short of what is needed, with reform needed beyond British Gymnastics at national and international level. ‘After two years of waiting, this is too little, too late to change a culture of mistreatment. Every day without holistic and wholesale change, another gymnast is put at risk and these recommendations fall far short of the change needed. ‘We strongly advise parents to consider whether they should place their children in British Gymnastics clubs.’