Raped as a teen gymnast, Alison has waited 40 years for this time of reckoning

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Alison Quigley fought for justice after being raped at 14 by her gymnastics coach, now she wants the sport she loves to fight for its life.

Alison Quigley has been waiting 40 years for this moment of reckoning for the sport she loves.Alison Quigley was raped by her gymnastics coach as a teenager in the 1980sAs an elite teen gymnast in the early 1980s, she was groomed and raped by her coach.

"It came back to me in 2016, and when I looked up, put my head over the parapet and went, 'Oh that's interesting, nothing's been done'," she said.Ms Quigley told her story to a national newspaper, and soon heard from other former gymnasts. The report, released earlier this month, followed a review of the sport ordered after Netflix screened the documentary Athlete A, which turned a spotlight on the chronic abuse of gymnasts in the United States.

 

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