“On especially bad days, I would get hit more than 10 times in a row until my skin was raw. “When I was 14 and going through puberty, I started to struggle with my jumps because I was gaining weight. On Monday, Human Rights Watch reported that hundreds of child athletes in Japan said they had suffered abuse. “There was a point in my life when the abuse made me hate the sport,” she said. “Harassment and abuse is unfortunately part of society and also occurs within sport,” it said.

Source: The Standard July 22, 2020 02:37 UTC