“I never looked ill, I just looked like an athlete.” This elite sportswoman says she “became a bit obsessive with counting calories and weighing things” until she realised she had become “dangerously light”. More than a third of 143 respondents to a BBC questionnaire sent to elite British sportswomen said they have experienced disordered eating….

The BBC’s elite British sportswomen’s study questionnaire was sent to 615 athletes in 28 different sports and received 143 responses. It is the fourth time BBC Sport has sent one out, with results also published in 2013, 2015 and 2020. Full 2024 study results here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/68534081

Rebecca Adlington says the swimming abuse scandal is a chance for the “phenomenal” sport to move forward and change the culture forever. The two-time Olympic gold medallist said she was lucky her coach “saw me as a human being first and an athlete second”. An independent review found a systemic culture of fear in the sport,…

Gymnastics New Zealand apologised Wednesday and ordered an independent review into the culture of the sport after a string of athletes complained of physical and psychological abuse — including being “fat-shamed” and forced to compete while injured. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-8595321/Gymnastics-New-Zealand-apologises-abuse-complaints.html

Europa Gymnastics Centre have issued a statement in reply to Ellis O’Reilly’s harrowing stort on ITV. Here is a response to that statement

In a moving letter on Twitter, top British gymnasts have reported that abuse in their sport is “completely normalised”. These athletes, including current Olympians and senior competitors, are uniting to speak out about the physical and psychological abuse they have experienced and witnessed in their sport. https://theconversation.com/winning-at-all-costs-how-abuse-in-sport-has-become-normalised-142739?fbclid=IwAR36XSoVQjfymLWkRssU0uv9x9nX5w6TRcbU4vEA5YAKkaA4NpKWvbUW62Y