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I was banned from GGMB for saying that calling Ponor, Porno was immature and that they acted like a bunch of children 😂 Boy they did not like to hear the truth… my main board at the time was Gymworld, I was a moderator there for the Dutch Forum. i think I was a member of ll message boards out...

Vanessa Heitinga 1989 National champion All those years that I trained with Gerrit, I didn't dare say anything about the verbal, physical, mental, and emotional abuse to my parents. I was afraid that if they tried to take my sister and me out of gymnastics, Gerrit would hit them too. I didn't...

The absurd threatening As Alexandra was a member of the little and powerless Triumph club, she could not benefit from the conditions or the support that a gymnasts of her level deserved. Therefore her father started thinking more and more of transferring her to a club that could provide for...

The farce of the coaches Besides Elizabeta Stoiciu, another four coaches were working with the Junior team: Stefan Panait, Adrian Voron, Benone Slavuteanu and Liviu Teodoru. Each of the coaches had their own way of working and each was specialized on different apparatus. Besides being...

She said "No" to Steaua The coaches started training Alexandra twice a day. In order to go to school to, Alexandra changed classes so she could to school in the afternoon. After school it was back to the gym for the second training session. Often Alexandra would miss the last hour of school...

The ordeal beginning More than 50000 spectators are looking at her in the huge Atlanta's Georgia Dome. She is only 14 and knows that her future career, if not her entire life depends on the routine she is going to perform. The Olympics are broadcasted around the world. Of the billion...

The writer is using (slightly) different names for the characters, I assume we all know who he means so I will keep to the names used in the book...

The Secrets of a gymnast Andrei Nourescu © 2006 Andrei Nourescu Foreword: The relation athlete - coach is essential in high level sports. In 1993, a twelve year old gymnast left her brains on the balance beam because her coach felt that was the best punishment of her hesitations. The girl...

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Well it is about time..

That is it! Done! There are some more interviews with some of Gerrit's gymnasts, as well as with Suzanne Harmes, Renske Endel and with Simone and Vanessa's mother. But if there is interest in these they will have to wait until after the holidays. Happy holidays!

After the conversation Gerrit takes them to the exit. There they shake hands once again. Silently, they walk out of the building. During the conversation, they were strong. Once outside, they realize that they are still unsettled. When they are out of sight of the gym, they pause for a moment...

"Why did you turn us against our parents?" asks Simone. "I didn’t do that, but I undoubtedly spoke negatively about parents. Parents always deceived me. They were in every way dishonest with me. For example, I once found out that they went behind my back to the federation to complain about me."...