All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 May How Australian gymnastics needs to reform in wake of damning report How Australian gymnastics needs to reform in wake of damning report 04/05/2021 | 2 MINS This article was written by Honorary Research Fellow Dr Georgia Cervin and originally appeared in The Conversation. The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released its report on the culture and practice of gymnastics in Australia. Titled Changing the Routine, the report was commissioned by Gymnastics Australia in August 2020, after athletes shared stories online and in the media of the harms they had suffered in gymnastics. The AHRC found evidence of bullying, harassment, abuse, neglect, racism, sexism and ableism across the sport, which has been going on for decades. Its five key findings were: current authoritarian coaching practices risk harm to athletes, and there is little coach accountability or regulation there is inadequate understanding and prevention of the many behaviours that constitute child abuse and neglect in gymnastics a win-at-all-costs culture that
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The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released its report on the culture and practice of gymnastics in Australia.
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Titled Changing the Routine, the report was commissioned by Gymnastics Australia in August 2020, after athletes shared stories online and in the media of the harms they had suffered in gymnastics.
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The AHRC found evidence of bullying, harassment, abuse, neglect, racism, sexism and ableism across the sport, which has been going on for decades.
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Its five key findings were: current authoritarian coaching practices risk harm to athletes, and there is little coach accountability or regulation there is inadequate understanding and prevention of the many behaviours that constitute child abuse and neglect in gymnastics a win-at-all-costs culture that
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