Hausfeld & co llp are starting claims to seek redress on behalf of many elite and recreational athletes who have suffered from the abusive practices and culture within British Gymnastics
why legal action?
REDRESS: Where athletes have been harmed by participation in the sport we feel it is only right that they should be compensated, allowing them to gain access to the therapy and medical treatment needed to heal or manage their long-term injuries.
As gymnastics faced a summer of reckoning, Sky’s Sports correspondent Martha Kelner looked back back at three decades in which British gymnastics has achieved success on the world stage by emulating eastern European coaching methods - but at a heavy cost.
Watch the video below to hear interviews with gymnasts who have been affected, and find out more about why a group of gymnasts are collectively launching legal action.