Gymnastics trainer Nico Zijp has been given a one-year conditional suspension by the disciplinary committee of the sports arbitration organization ISR. Zijp is the first coach to be punished after several former top athletes reported widespread abuse of power and intimidation in the gymnastics world in the summer of 2020. Last summer, Zijp stepped back voluntarily after the Dutch gymnastics …
Gymnastics union KNGU decided to lift restrictions against coaches Vincent Wevers and Nico Zijp, despite the fact that they are both being investigated due to accusations that they abused and mistreated the gymnasts in their training, Trouw reports. According to Trouw,the KNGU spoke of a change in the measures against the two men, and said it was following the advice …
