New shocking complaints in the instrument: “It rubbed my thighs up to my genitals”

The complaints that continue to come to light about instrumental coaches who physically and athletically abused girls and boys.

A former athlete, the Magda (she did not want to say her last name) spoke to Mega about what she experienced at a tender age. «At 14, a new coach came to me who had a reputation for being wild. At some point, some strange movements started ringing in me that rang my bell. During the warm-up, he would put me on my back with my legs open and rub my thighs inward, reaching up to my genitals with the excuse that it would improve my flexibility. He also used to tell us to rest only when we sit on it, because that is where our throne is. He also told us ‘when you are unwell to come to know when you have your zucchini and to take care of you when you go to the toilet’. He grabbed me by the hair, lifted me off the floor and spun me. He wanted to somehow humiliate us, make us feel bad and ashamed. I spoke to my parents, a parent council was formed and the coach left the team“, He stressed, while adding that later the same coach worked as a professor at TEFAA and at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki!

THE Vasso Tsavdaridou, a former champion of instrumental gymnastics, who experienced abusive behaviors stated: “I ate a lot of wood from my gym coaches. Athletes from the age of 6 ate wood until the Olympic Games. I was afraid to talk to my parents so that they would not take me away from the sport». At the same time, regarding the allegations made about such behaviors, but also about sexual abuse, he stated: “Many athletes received threats not to make complaints. The offense is statute-barred and we know it, but we expect a moral justification».

THE Sofia Pidoula, former champion, stressed: “It’s not just 27 people who have been abused in the area of ​​the instrument. There are only so many complaints. We are 120 people. Others for personal reasons did not want to endorse the complaints. The federation provokes with its attitudes and says that we want to cast shadows on the sport, but we want to shed light. The shadows are cast by those who cover people who abuse children. The man who abused me for 28 years kicks and curses children».

At the same time, ο Alexandros Adamidis, lawyer of the complainants, stated that in addition to the abusive acts, there were also cases that coaches offered the athletes pills to supposedly regulate their period, but which proved to be anabolic! The legal advisor of the federation, Giannis Moutlias, was placed on the show, as well as Lefteris Avgenakis. «We must not forget them, even if the offenses are statute-barred“, Said the Deputy Minister of Sports.

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