Saiji Miyagawa (18) of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Gymnastics girls 'delegation is a problem insisted at a press conference on 29th that they received "power harassment" from Chieko Tsukahara, head of the girls' strengthening headquarters of the Japanese gymnastics association (71) The association has decided to investigate by setting up a third-party committee consisting of lawyers who do not have any interests with the association by holding an emergency countermeeting on 30th.
After the meeting, the association's vice president Koshi Koshiaki responded to the press' s interview, "I was totally surprised to hear the story of Mr. Miyagawa for the first time at a press conference of Mr. Miyagawa, I have to solve it as soon as possible". It is a policy to finish investigation and publish it by the end of October when the world championship in Qatar Doha starts.
Mr. Yuuto Hayami who was a coach of Miyagawa's team received an indefinite deletion of registration from the association on 15th this month on behalf of violence against Miyagawa players. Miyagawa said at a news conference Thursday, after accepting that he was once receiving violence to hit his face and pull his hair from Hayami coach, he said, "I will take a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games with Hayami coach It is a dream, "he said, urging the reduction of disposal.
Moreover, he insisted that he received power hara separately from the violence problem. Mr. Mitsuo Tsukahara Chieko Enforcement Director who is also the manager of the Japanese women's national team, and Mr. Mitsuo (70), the vice chairman of the association at the husband, "My coach is useless, so you will not grow, so I can teach 100 times faster than myself" He said that he felt fear.
In November 2016 after the Rio Olympics, the association launched the "2020 Tokyo Olympic Special Enhanced Player" which participates in training camps both at home and abroad throughout the year, but Miyagawa participates for reasons that the strengthening policy is not concrete I did not. Then Mr. Miyagawa insisted that Mr. Miyagawa insisted that he was told by Mr. Chieko "If you do not participate you will not be able to cooperate as an association and you will not be able to go to the Olympics." Miyagawa insisted, "I feel that these powers of power are the violence using power. I would like you to admit it. "
Tsukahara and Mrs. Tsukahara did not attend the measures meeting on the 30th. On Monday night, Mitsuo Mitsuo told the Asahi newspaper, "I've been teaching and saying for the player for the last 44 years since I became a leader, and that is the same for Miyagawa, of course. I'm sorry if this thought did not convey, I would like to cooperate fully with the survey. "
Third-party committee will listen directly from Mr. Miyagawa and Mr. Tsukahara and proceed with the investigation. In the process of investigation, if problems such as power harassment and violence other than this case are raised, it is said that they want to investigate it including it. Fushidoba vice chairman told "I will put out all the pus (sea) and start a new departure for the Tokyo Olympics." (Ryosuke Hirai)
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