Athletistic / Rhythmic gymnastics. Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Anastasia Nazarenko of Russia has spoken of how her coach molested her when she was a child. According to the athlete, she was embarrassed to talk about it.

“There was such a wonderful coach, a professional. But he had the particularity of liking to touch girls’ butts. He would say: ‘Come here, I’ll hug you.’ “And he started touching me where he shouldn’t. And it was very often,” Nazarenko said on the RGCenter No1 YouTube channel.

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The gymnast did not name the coach who harassed her students.

Remember that Nazarenko is a three-time world and European champion. She also became an Olympic champion during her career.


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