The abuse of gymnasts and figure skaters by coaches and parents is HORRIFIC. Those sports have become so visciously competative and so physically grueling that if you haven't made it to the top by age 15 you are screwed, meaning all these literal children are being pushed beyond the limits of what a child's body is supposed to bear either by way of excessive training or illegal drugs or both.
My friends little sister did competitive gymnastics as a kid. She spent hours every day practicing. So dedicated. Sooo much time. And then there was lazy me just chilling at home reading books. She quit though once she was 11ish. Switched to rhythmic gymnastics? Still kinda competitive but only a few hours twice a week practice rather than 3+hrs 6+times a week. And some swimming. A few hours a week. Still a lot, but a lot less than before. Less stressful to. Quitting was probably one of the best things she could've done for her social life. She finally had a bit of time for friends and well... a life. Rather than 24/7 school and gymnastics
@@captainpoppleton And baseballs, tennis, swimming, football, cheerleading, ballet, hockey, basketball, etc., etc. aren't also? Anything at a high level could be considered child abuse.
@@BW022Most of those things kids do not train at anywhere near the level children in competitive gymnastics do, at least not until they are much older. Competitive girls' gymnastics is relatively unique because the age of peak competition is so young and the physical things the body is expected to do are so extreme. In many sports abuse of children is common, but in high level gymnastics it's inevitable. ALL children at the highest levels of the sport are being harmed. E.g. I tried once to find some research about eating disorders in elite gymnasts and the most thorough paper I found they had to use another sport as a control group because they could not find ANY elite gymnasts who didn't have symptoms of eating disorders.
@@junbh2 Cheerleading suffers the most injuries in the US -- far ahead of gymnastics or football. So much so schools won't qualify it as a sport as it that means they need specific insurance for it. Football, hockey, lacrosse, etc. are actually pretty bad even at minor levels as once contact is involved, injuries don't depend upon age or repetition but accidents. Those sports (and gymnastics, cheerleading, etc.) have inherent risk of injuries at nearly any age or skill level. Sports also have benefits to children. The question is always going to be what's a reasonable line.
Possibly a reaction to what we think is normal? We see blood every other day, from cuts, nicks, etc, so we're used to it, and it doesn't freak us out. We don't see internal organs etc. every day, so its not something so it automatically looks like a fantasy, and so it doesn't freak us out. We are used to the normal shape of a human body, and so if we see one moving in a way we're not used to, it freaks us out.
Why? A male coach drugged her without her mother's consent and was rescued by a brave female paramedic that male doctors look down on? Last time i check Valieva is one of the Eteri Yutberidze's prodiges
@@jaimeduncan6167 Yeah, a women who has systemically abused multiple girls and thrown away countless more in pursuit of glory to her own name as a coach. I don't blame any young teen who gets told she will destroy their whole career if they don't do what she tells them, she's a monster and no one but her circle would deny that. The point Christine was making was literal children getting taken advantage of by adults with power over their futures, but gg for turning it into a fake gender issue out of nowhere.
But even if it’s the children, they’ve learned about them from adults (or from other children who have learned about it from adults). And if they can access the drugs, it’s through adults too.
I am not one to gossip lol but my brother told me that to get on National Team for track and field you have to take steroids, if you don't the coaches won't work with you. This was back in the early 90's. So yeah doping goes on...
I knew that: 1. She was correct and the girl was taking PED, 2. I knew the mother was innocent, 3. I knew it was the male trainer (I did not get that the dude close to her was her trainer), all based on the idea that it's a feminist plot: 100% new gender stereotypes.
