Vanessa Ferrari on complaints in the world of gymnastics: “I was not surprised”

He waited, but finally he spoke. Indeed she wrote. Vanessa Ferrari she has chosen not to grant interviews, which have undoubtedly been asked and proposed in these days, but has entrusted her thoughts to a post on social media. The argument is that of allegations of abuse in the world of rhythmic and aerobic gymnastics, but the artist of which she was world champion and Olympic silver is not exempt.

There is no surprise in the words of Vanessa Ferrari. There is awareness.

“When the first news about the complaints appeared, by the Rhythmic and Aerobic gymnasts, Not I was totally surprised… Indeed, years ago I wrote a book in which I also talked about some of these aspects. At the dawn of 32 years, of which 25 spent in the world of gymnastics, I want to say that I have lived many positive experiences but also many negative ones. Fortunately, during my career, however, I have also experienced some changes in my environment and I am sorry that even today there are places where these horrors occur », he writes.

There is all his personal experience in thinking. «I know these aspects perfectly, I have said it several times, like so many others I have experienced on my skin i food problems and at the age of 19 they sent me to a clinic in Verona and thanks to the support of experts and after a couple of years of travel I managed to recover. So I invite anyone who suffers from it to get help because it is really fundamental ».

His hope is to bring out the good in gymnastics. «I also had the opportunity to compare myself with the thoughts of other gymnasts and former gymnasts and I hope that finally we can definitively intervene so that gymnastics, the sport we love, without distinction of sections or levels, is clean. We believe in what has been denounced and we are close to all of you, sport is made up of sacrifices and sacrifices but first of all, before any result, people and their health come. So I appeal to the humanity of people because I think there must be a clear boundary between severity in terms of discipline and wickedness ». It is precisely on this distinction that many gymnasts and former gymnasts have faced each other in recent days, lined up on both sides.

“That said, I’m not looking for culprits and probably deep down people will never change, but by talking about it constantly and by denouncing them promptly, I hope that those who commit these actions can be reasoned and choose the best course of action. I conclude by inviting us not to demonize gymnastics, it is not by distancing ourselves from an environment that things change, because gymnastics is a magnificent world albeit complex, so let’s not make it even more difficult, it is up to us to protect it ».

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