PART THREE. Gymnasts for Change asked a panel of experts from across the world what key change they’d like to see – to the culture, competition format or code – to make gymnastics a safer sport for all. Here’s what Kay Salisbury, Nikki Kimpton, Andy Piekarski, Claire Heafford and Jennifer Sey had to say.

PART TWO. Gymnasts for Change asked a panel of experts from across the world what key change they’d like to see – to the culture, competition format or code – to make gymnastics a safer sport for all. Here’s what Nick Ruddock, Hannah Whelan, and Satya Jeremie had to say.

In August, the International Socio-Cultural Research Group on Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (ISCWAG) published an open letter, setting out the eight key actions they recommend to protect gymnasts from abuse.

We have republished the letter in full here - read on to discover why ISCWAG believe women’s artistic gymnastics is in need of reform.

Gymnasts for Change founder Claire Heafford discusses how the negative experiences of those who have faced abuse within the context of gymnastics fit in to The Lolita Bind. She argues that by treating elite child gymnasts as both - and neither - adults or children, they are left vulnerable to abuse.

PART ONE. Gymnasts for Change asked a panel of experts from across the world what key change they’d like to see – to the culture, competition format or code – to make gymnastics a safer sport for all. Here’s what Jennifer Pinches, Georgia Cervin and Adeline Hawkes had to say.

Gymnasts for Change founder Claire Heafford sets out why legal action is the next logical and necessary step to enact much-needed change within gymnastics.