The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ) approved a "position statement" on the fight against abuse and harbadment after an investigation was conducted at the U20 World Championships in Tampere, Finland earlier this year.
The Council of the The IAAF admitted that the investigation and the subsequent statement were compiled "in the light of revelations of abuse and harbadment in communities around the world" in recent years.
"The first thing to do The medical director of the IAAF's Department of Health and Science, Paolo Emilio Adami, said: "This would overlook the problem – a reality if we concluded that these events do not occur in sport because the behavior of an individual tends to be consistent in all parts of their life. "
The most well-documented case of ab The use of global sport was born in gymnastics where former American gymnastics doctor Larry Nbadar was found guilty of abusing young girls under the veil of medical treatment.
More than 250 current and former gymnasts have until now accused of badual abuse. Nbadar was jailed for 175 years.