Shock in Italy: The rhythmic athletes who were forced to undress after every mistake and the “beautiful shoot@”!

Italy remains overwhelmed by the scandal in rhythmic gymnastics. A story, which began in 2022, continues. New details came to light on Monday (31/03) on harassment, which have suffered several national athletes, including Sofia Rafaeli (photo)“Bronze” at the Paris Olympics in 2024 and eleven times of metallic to the world and eleven others at the European Championship. Recall, three days ago the Italian Federation of Gymnastics (FGI) announced dismissal of Emmanuella Makarani As a coach of the rhythmic gymnastics team After 29 years! In 2022, several athletes accused her of abuse, mistreatment and psychological harassment.

But it seems that he was not the only one in the technical staff, as evidenced by the talks, which have been subjected to the investigation against Makarani and were recorded in the minutes of the Montza Court of Justice, which handles the case. OR Juliette Cantalopiformer coach of Fabriano Gymnastics Society, in particular Sofia Rafaeli and Milena Baldasari, and in many cases coach of the National Youth Team, also committed unacceptable practices. “With her, everything was much worse … There is mistreatment. When he put Rafaeli and Serena Otaviani to throw the wreath … and every time they couldn’t, they had to take part of their clothes. And In the end they stayed with their underwear“!

Journalists Elizabeth Esposito and Claudio Ledzi reveal to Gazzeta dello Sport this telephone conversation between Olga Tisina, deputy coach of the National Team under investigation, and Natalia Nesvetova, technical director of Ginnastica Etruria. It took place on November 17, 2022, shortly after the Macarani case was revealed. “He locked them in a small, cold room, without phones, without anything, because they were trained badly, punished them, sat on the floor …‘adds Tisina.

According to various reports, moreover, Sofia Rafaeli She was forced to kneel and apologize to her coach for the incorrect execution of an exercise. Despite these accusations, no official complaint has been filed against Julieta Kantaloupi.

All of this comes to the “light” one day after the shock in Italy from the revelation, just after the macarani case, a telephone conversation in which the Andrea Fatsi, president of the Italian Federation of Gymnastics in the last month, called a “beautiful whore” athlete! Fatsi made sexist and offensive comments about Italian gymnast of jeans Parini in a debate against former IGF president Gerardo Teki. The Monza Public Prosecutor’s Office has stolen the call between the two, although the content of the talks, which were overwhelmed by the authorities, will not affect Makarani’s sentence, as they do not concern the abuse by the coach.

Everything is reminiscent, started in 2022, when gymnasts Nina Korantini and Anna Basta – among other things – described the hassle and humiliation they experienced during their training with Makarani. Jinevra Parini has confirmed the testimonies of her athletes in various Italian media.