![]() " is still very capable of walking into a gym and coaching, and right now I really don't think she should be." "You need to take these investigations a lot more seriously and speed up the process because I see no change," Jameson told BBC. Both gymnasts expressed concerns Kincaid could walk back into a gym at any time due to the lack of transparency in British Gymnastics' lengthy investigation process. Wynn and Sophie Jameson, also coached by Kincaid, told the BBC that they were forced to train with broken bones and were made to feel "less than human" by Kincaid's shouting and weight shaming. ![]() Wynn alleges that Kincaid dismissed her injury despite the fact she was visibly bleeding and she was later hospitalised, with her mother describing what she saw of her injuries as "worse than childbirth". There is also a civil complaint being levied at the governing body by 37 former gymnasts, including a number of Olympians, who are seeking financial compensation for the impact of alleged widespread physical and emotional abuse within the sport.įormer Welsh gymnast Poppy Wynn is one of them, and claims she was not being monitored by her coach Kincaid when she tore her perineum aged 12 on the uneven bars, after landing in oversplits. The review was commissioned in July 2020 following widespread accounts of mistreatment within the sport which emerged that year and has had contributions from 400 people. The news comes ahead of next month's long-awaited Whyte Review publication, a Sport England and UK Sport commissioned independent review into safeguarding at British Gymnastics. Kincaid has denied all allegations, while British Gymnastics said: “The BOA rules for Tokyo stated that no-one with any unresolved ongoing complaints about them could attend the Games as a Team GB coach or official." However it has now emerged she was pulled from her duties by British Gymnastics due to shocking allegations made by former gymnasts at her club, who claim she mishandled serious injuries and weight shamed them, according to a BBC report. Liz Kincaid was the longtime coach of Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Amelie Morgan, who won Britain's first team medal in 94 years, and her retirement was cited last July as the reason for her absence at the Games. A Great Britain gymnastics coach was blocked from going to the Olympics last year following abuse allegations made against her.
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