Sport’s #MeToo movement: The women speaking out
Telegraph, 27 May 2021
Mhairi Maclennan was 18 years old when she moved to Edinburgh to study, and join a new coaching set up.
It was a move that, she says now, “changed the course of my life".
Under her new coach, John Lees, Maclennan’s distance running was about to step up a gear. But there was one niggling issue.
The culture around training, and particularly sports massages, felt uncomfortable.
She is one of several women who spoke to Telegraph Sport to express a desire to reclaim sport as a safe space.
Read more on this story: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/2021/05/27/sexual-harrassment-athletics-abuse-sports-metoo/
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It was a move that, she says now, “changed the course of my life".
Under her new coach, John Lees, Maclennan’s distance running was about to step up a gear. But there was one niggling issue.
The culture around training, and particularly sports massages, felt uncomfortable.
She is one of several women who spoke to Telegraph Sport to express a desire to reclaim sport as a safe space.
Read more on this story: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/2021/05/27/sexual-harrassment-athletics-abuse-sports-metoo/
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