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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Gardner

Coaching licence bans for abuse should be ‘written into’ British Athletics contracts

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Coaching licences and contracts must contain provisions for permanent exclusion from a sport where an individual is found guilty of any form of abuse, a survivor has said.

Former athlete Mhairi Maclennan suffered abuse at the hands of her coach John Lees, who was subsequently banned from coaching for life by British Athletics.

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