The floodgates have truly opened, and more stories keep pouring in. What began with one brave gymnast Tabea Alt, speaking out at the Stuttgart Artistic Gymnastics Forum has now spread to Mannheim. It all started with former U.S. national team gymnast Anna Li and her mother, ex-USA Gymnastics coach Jiani Wu, being suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for allegations of verbal, physical, and emotional abuse at Legacy Elite Gymnastics in Illinois. Now, gymnasts from Mannheim are speaking out about their experiences under the long-time head coach, revealing a pattern of intense pressure and unchecked cruelty in the training methods.
Claudia Schunk, the former director of the Mannheim Gymnastics Performance Center, has been facing criticism lately. She ran the center for over ten years, from 2006 to 2017, and helped lead Germany’s top gymnast, Elisabeth Seitz, to international…
