"As far I know, it is not the first time for Didier to make such pressure. There were other cases in the past," Katsuichiro Hisanaga of Japan said. Asked whether Gailhaguet should be thrown off the ...

Editor's note: USA Gymnastics said Monday that its appeal to restore gymnast Jordan Chiles' bronze medal in the floor exercise has been turned down by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. PARIS — In ...

Gilles Beyer, the former coach at the centre of a sexual assault scandal that convulsed French figure skating, has died, his lawyer said today. Thibault de Montbrial said Beyer, who was 66, had been ...

In early 2020, former skater Sarah Abitbol wrote a book in which she accused Beyer of rape In this file photo taken on January 30, 1999, then French figure-skating team coach Gilles Beyer speaks at a ...

In this file photo taken on January 30, 1999, French figure-skating coach Gilles Beyer speaks at a press conference at The European Figure Skating Championships in Prague. JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP ...

French Ice Sports Federation President Didier Gailhaguet holds a press conference in Paris on Feb. 5, 2020, a day after prosecutors opened an investigation into claims of rape and sexual abuse of ...

More than 20 coaches working with the French ice skating federation or its clubs have been identified following an investigation into accusations of sexual assault, harassment or violence, the French ...

SAPPORO, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 13: A general view of the rink during day three of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating NHK Trophy at Makomanai Sekisui Heim Arena on November 13, 2011 in Sapporo, Japan.

PARIS (AP) — The French skating federation's long-serving president says he “absolutely did not protect” a coach accused of rape and sexual abuse by former figure skaters who were coached by him in ...