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A lot of media buzz today about a 6-year old boy who ran an entire marathon with his family. Kara Goucher has weighed in with a negative assessment (https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/pa...ry?id=84541964).
IMHO an 8-hour run by a small child is definitely child abuse but then again, I tend to think that marathons for adults amounts to adult abuse :-)
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Originally posted by jc203 View PostA lot of media buzz today about a 6-year old boy who ran an entire marathon with his family. Kara Goucher has weighed in with a negative assessment (https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Family/pa...ry?id=84541964).
IMHO an 8-hour run by a small child is definitely child abuse but then again, I tend to think that marathons for adults amounts to adult abuse :-)
"He was struggling physically and wanted to take a break and sit every three minutes," Crawford wrote in an Instagram post Tuesday. "After 7 hours, we finally got to mile 20 and only to find an abandoned table and empty boxes. He was crying and we were moving slow so I told him I'd buy him two sleeves [of potato chips] if he kept moving."
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If there's a governing body overseeing the race director, that body should suspend him or remove him from future direction of races. How fuckin' stupid can you get.
As to the parents, a visit from child services is warranted. If they are capable of coming up with this bright idea, who knows what else they might cook up.
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It's the NY Post reporting this but:
Kentucky couple who let son run marathon visited by child services
https://nypost.com/2022/05/11/kentuc...hild-services/
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Over a dozen athletes suing Gymnastics Canada, provincial bodies over alleged abuse | Globalnews.ca
More than a dozen former Canadian gymnasts have launched a class-action lawsuit claiming lasting physical and psychological damages suffered over many years.
Amelia Cline is the named plaintiff and there are as many as 20 class members so far.
The athletes are suing Gymnastics Canada and provincial governing bodies in B.C., Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan.
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Cal, Olympic swim coach Teri McKeever accused of abuse: Report (yahoo.com)
Cal swimming and diving coach Teri McKeever, a former U.S. Olympic head coach,is accused of verbal and emotional abuse, bullying and threatening athletesin a report published by the Orange County Register on Tuesday.
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Orlando Pride coach Amanda Cromwell and assistant placed on administrative leave
https://sports.yahoo.com/orlando-pri...145737436.html
The Orlando Pride placed head coach Amanda Cromwell and first assistant coach Sam Greene on administrative leave, the team announced Tuesday morning.
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Review published into abuse within gymnastics in the UK:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnastics/61796129
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