China News Service, April 8th. According to the Greek "China Greek Times" report on the 7th, recently, 22 Greek national first-level athletes sent an open letter to the president and prime minister, exposing the "chaos" in the sports team, saying that they had been coached since childhood. Violence and violations in physical, verbal, and psychological aspects have aroused many concerns.
The athletes also called on national leaders to intervene to help them get out of the shadow of abuse when they were young.
According to reports, the violations mentioned by the athletes basically began in 1985.
Coaches have been using certain special "training methods" for a long time, involving forced fasting, psychological abuse, and even sexual harassment.
The athletes complained: "Our training level has often reached the limit. Our legs and arms often have fractures and other problems. The harsh behavior of the coaches has caused us great harm."
The report pointed out that the complaints of athletes are more directed at the sports training system than individual coaches.
They emphasized that coaches have absolute control over child athletes, which makes their actions almost free from any control.
(Lin Jiahao)