10 Biggest Gymnastics Controversies & Scandals

I lost my medal but in my soul I know that that was my place welcome to Miz Mojo and today we're looking at the most shocking scandals to have hit the competitive gymnastic Community throughout history we'll explain what happened and the repercussions to those involved there is now nowhere left for you to hide Larry metal racism in 2023 social media exploded in Collective anger at a child's gymnastic event in Ireland over a racist act originally taking place in 2022 the viral video showed all the competitors getting handed a participation medal by the judge however the white judge skipped over a young black girl heartbreakingly the girl Waits eagerly for the woman to return but she doesn't I was very uncomfortable actually yelled from after the incident initially happened the girl's family was disappointed by the apology provided by the judge and the lack of one from the sporting body gymnastics Ireland only when the Scandal went viral did gymnastics Ireland publicly apologize they only sent us an apology because the world wanted them to this sparked the country's prime minister to criticize them for the delay leotard protest in women's gymnastic events typically they'll wear bikini cut leotards but when you look at the men they often have a tire that covers far more skin doesn't seem fair Beyond religious reasons women don't change from this leg exposed look well that changed in 2021 when Germany's Sarah Vos wore a full bodysuit at the European artistic gymnastics championships this Milestone moment continued at the Olympics when the whole German team protested the sexualization of the sport by all wearing the same fullbody unitards they wanted to give women the choice of which outfit they prefer to compete in and hope athletes in other sports will follow their lead yeah it's my choice we rhythmic cheating judges should be honest and unbiased when taking on the role especially when looking to take part in major Global events like the Olympics however a select group broke this basic requirement dramatically in 2012 up to 60 prospective judges for rhythmic gymnastics took exams to officiate at the 2016 Olympics however it was discovered there was evidence they had been cheating by copying each other and having their answers changed in several testing sites throughout Europe there it is 17.9 25 for linois asham amazingly one test had two different handwriting styles on it immediately several officials were suspended during the investigation however after appealing the decision the International Gymnastics Federation controversially declared there was no direct evidence of cheating and dismissed the case against a number of Judges legendary protest czechoslovakia's Vera chesava is one of the most iconic competitors to have entered the world of gymnastics after all she collected seven Olympic gold and four silver bals during her career at the time of the 1968 Olympics the Prague spring was underway while the Soviet Union LED an invasion into the then czechoslovak socialist republic to stop reforms in the country before the competition chesava trained in a forest as she was worried about getting arrested for protesting the invasion during the Olympics themselves there were several controversial decisions against chesava including one where she was awarded the gold alongside the Soviets Mara petric in the floor exercise then during the metal ceremonies as the Soviet National Anthem played chova subtly turned her head away in protest while this effectively ended her career she's forever beloved for her bravery low vault at the 200000 Olympics something strange was going on during the all-around women's gymnastics event for some reason several athletes seemingly messed up on the Vault even causing themselves injuries when Australia's Alana Slater took part she realized the problem and alerted the judges they measured The Vault and saw it was set 5 cm around 2 in too low in a sport about small margins making the difference between a perfect landing and a serious injury this error was outrageous after setting the equipment to its right height the judges offered the competitors to retake the event however the error had already taken both physical and mental tolls as several favorites had fallen down the points charts in other events allaround scandal at the 2004 Olympics men's gymnastics was hit by its biggest scoring controversy in history during the artistic individual all-around consisting of six events South Korea's young T young took part in the parallel bars however one of his Maneuvers was incorrectly identified by the judges dropping his score to a 9.9 start value from 10 this caused Yang to fall to a bronze when if correctly judged he would have won the gold over America's Paul H the coaches issued a complaint however as it was done after the event the court of arbitration for sport dismissed the appeal the Korean Olympic Committee awarded Yang a symbolic gold medal and a cash prize however even years later this judging error still haunts the gymnast age lie at the 2000 Olympics dong Fong Shia won bronze as part of the women's artistic Team all around at the time her birth year was was registered as 1983 but after her retirement and becoming a technical official at the 2008 event it was registered as 1986 the IC is simply wanting to do its due diligence and work with the Federation to 100% clarify the situation and put this to rest this would have made her 14 in 2000 before the 16-year age limit dong and her team were stripped of their medals from the 2000 Olympics and the 1999 artistic gymnastics World Champ championships in 2008 China's hakushin faced similar accusations her official birth date and the one provided by the media were different and would have made her underage Chinese officials blamed it on paperwork errors and the International Gymnastics Federation agreed by dropping the case however not everyone believes this explanation cold decision athletes and performance-enhancing substances is always a Hot Topic however not every case is cut and in a matter of days her Olympic dream turned into a nightmare at the 2000 Olympics Romania's Andrea rodicon took gold in the team all around and individual event as well as silver in the vault however days later it was announced that rukan had tested positive for the band substance pseudo fedrin her team stated that she had taken an over-the-counter cold and flu medicine given to her by their doctor that contained pseudo fedrin before competing despite radon's team team appealing the findings the international Olympic Committee stripped her of her individual all-around gold the panel confirmed that the athlete tested positive to a Pudo edrine she was able to keep the other medals since her other samples came back negative the white review starting in 2020 the white review led by Anne White was commissioned in the UK to examine the practices of gymnastics when it was released in 2022 the results shocked the nation this is not tough coaching this is an epidemic of abuse White had discovered widespread evidence of abuse in the sport one piece of evidence showed young athletes being belittled by coaches in public being withheld food and water humiliated and forced to be painfully stretched until they sustained an injury this horror left hundreds of young athletes broken by the experience it wasn't until 2023 that British gymnastics began punishing the tormentors however the group was heavily criticized for only Banning 62 coaches shortly after British gymnastics issued new legislation that gymnasts will have mandatory toilet and drink breaks before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications USA Gymnastics abuse scandal in 2016 after years of rumors a report was published about the horrendous conduct of Larry Nassar a Michigan State University employee and the team doctor of the United States Women's National gymnastics team for decades he used his position to abuse and assault hundreds of gymnasts I tore my hamstring in my right leg this was when he started performing the procedure that we're all now familiar with Nassar continued to get away with his Grim tirade thanks to officials who lied on on his behalf and or tampered with evidence with a Litany of charges against him Nassar was sentenced to 60 years plus a further 40 to 175 years in 2018 the MSU settled a host of lawsuits from victims for $500 million he put my picture up on his wall with the Olympians I thought I mattered to Larry you had me so Wrapped Around Your Finger and I still trusted you so much the head of the 2012 US Women's gymnast team John G was also charged with several crimes however he took his own life shortly [Music] after

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Length: 10min 28sec (628 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 07 2024