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Aly Raisman - Former US Olympic gymnast

Stephen Sackur speaks to former US olympic champion gymnast Aly Raisman. The US gymnastics sex abuse scandal illustrates what can go wrong when gold medals and glory are put above care of athletes.

HARDtalk鈥檚 Stephen Sackur speaks to former US olympic champion gymnast Aly Raisman. The athletic excellence seen at the Tokyo olympics will live long in the memory, but so will the moment the brilliant US gymnast Simone Biles chose not to compete to safeguard her mental and physical health. US gymnastics still reeling from the repercussions of a sex abuse scandal illustrates what can go wrong when gold medals and glory are put above care of individual athletes. Is there a wider lesson for elite sport in the shame of American gymnastics?

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Mon 16 Aug 2021 09:30
91福利社 News Channel except 91福利社 News UK & 91福利社 News UK HD

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Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Aly Raisman

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