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The first civil case against British Gymnastics has been won by a former elite gymnast who was abused in the sport.
British Gymnastics has admitted their responsibility. The governing body's chief executive has apologized to Jotischky.
After receiving a letter from British Gymnastics acknowledging their liability, the Great Britain coach went to the World Acrobatic Championships as a coach.
He no longer works for British Gymnastics and they said he was not allowed to coach.
After appealing, he was allowed to return to the sport early after serving a British Gymnastics suspension.
He did not respond to a number of requests from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
There are allegations of abuse within British gymnastics.
A number of current and former gymnasts claim to have been mistreated.
The report was co-commissioned by Sport England and UK Sport and is due to be published soon.
He trained for 25 hours a week as an acrobatic gymnast at the age of 10. She quit the sport because of her experiences, she says.
She alleges that between 2016 and 2018, she was left "physically exhausted" after being subjected to inappropriate weight management techniques by Griffiths, who put her on a diet of about 800 calories for a non-training day, and about 1,200 calories on a training day. The NHS recommends teenage girls should consume between 2,200-2,500 calories per day.
She says that she was often "weight-shame" and told she looked terrible.
She was overweight when she was 12 and decided to lose weight.
There could be more than one weighing session a week. If they didn't like how we looked, we would also be weighed during the week.
"We had to line up and step on the scales with everyone else there, and sometimes they'd announce our weight or tell us to step to the side if they weren't happy with our weight."
Jotischky's stress levels would make her feel sick at the end of each week. She tried to lose weight by limiting her water intake and sitting in hot baths.
She claims that if he didn't approve of their weight, he would shout and scream at them.
We were shaking as we sat on the sofa. It was frightening to have a grown man scream over you.
I had the hot baths because I was afraid of what would happen if I didn't lose weight.
The treatment of male gymnasts was different from that of the female gymnasts, as they were told to eat in front of the females.
There is no place for abuse of any kind in gymnastics according to a statement from British Gymnastics.
Andrew was no longer working for the club. There are 60 coaches and 1,100 children in the club.
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