Double Olympic champion Dmitry Sautin said that German diver Jan Hempel was quite closed in communication during competitions, and it is difficult to judge his confession, because you never know what is going on in the other team.
Games medalist Jan Hempel says he was sexually abused by his coach for 14 years. The confessions of Hempel, 51, sounded in a documentary film by the German television channel ARD. From the age of 11, he says, he was sexually abused by his trainer Werner Langer for a total of 14 years. Langer committed suicide in 2001.
— Hempel has always been a rather reserved person, we played a lot together from a very young age. When he won a medal at the Games, that was definitely a breakthrough. As for today’s news, you never know what’s going on with the other team, Sautin told .
Source : MatchTV
