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With another case of abuse in elite sport, why are we still waiting to protect NZ's sportswomen from harm?

  • Written by Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato
With another case of abuse in elite sport, why are we still waiting to protect NZ's sportswomen from harm?Getty Images

The ten-year coaching ban handed down this week by Athletics New Zealand to national pole vault coach Jeremy McColl is merely the latest in a long line of investigations to reveal the failure of sports organisations to protect sportswomen.

The independent investigation into McColl found “serious misconduct” over a...

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