Gymnasts to testify on first day of hearings on safety of girls, women in sport

Gymnasts will be among the first to testify before members of Parliament today as the Standing Committee on the Status of Women begins its hearings on the safety of women and girls in sport.

"To come together on behalf of protecting children, protecting human rights, and the opportunity to make sport better in Canada fills us all with a ton of optimism." The status of women study comes after repeated calls from hundreds of current and retired Canadian gymnasts for an independent investigation into their sport."That's exactly where these early steps must lead," said Shore. "Gymnastics is but one example of many, many sports and many, many athletes who are facing very unsafe, unhealthy environments. And the only way to move forward on behalf of sports in Canada is to fix the system from the top down and the bottom up.

TLDR: There was a sexual assault accusation in 2018 that was never handled properly. It went to court but ultimately fizzled. After that, the girls realized there was a lot of sexual assault within their sport and now they want the government to do something about it.

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