Lifetime ban for Cambridge, Ont., gymnastics coach 1st of its kind in the world
A Cambridge gymnastics coach who was banned from the sport last year over maltreatment of athletes has had her appeal of the earlier ruling denied. Sports lawyer Amanda Fowler called the decision "precedent setting" because it's the first type of sanction in the world to award a lifetime ban for non sexual maltreatment.
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A Cambridge gymnastics coach who was banned from the sport last year over maltreatment of athletes has had her appeal of the earlier ruling denied. Sports lawyer Amanda Fowler called the decision "precedent setting" because it's the first type of sanction in the world to award a lifetime ban for non sexual maltreatment.