Sport
From a ‘pioneering’ sport for women, to one overshadowed by a culture of abuse. What happened to women’s gymnastics? – ABC News
The Russian circus, outdated gender ideals and the 1952 Olympic Games all have something to do with the complicated history of women’s gymnastics.
Child abuse, sexual harassment and disordered eating: this is the horrifying story revealed in the recent Human Rights Commission report into women’s gymnastics in Australia.
How did it come to this?
Former international gymnast and historian of the sport, Georgia Cervin, says tracing gymnastics to its roots reveals the beginnings of the dark cloud that would follow the sport.
Gymnastics wasn’t always about flipping and contorting the body.(Unsplash: Eugene Lim
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Opening the door for sportswomen
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