The gymnastics team issued a statement for the complaint of assaults on youth

“As a team we have discussed it and that is why we decided to express, through this statement, our discontent and concern about the information disseminated on social networks and the media”added the players, who replicated the statement on their social networks.

“We respect and support the current institutional policy that prohibits any type of ‘Baptism, ritual or initiation rite’ that involves the use of physical force, and we express our rejection of all forms of violence in sport”highlights the writing.

“Together with the Technical Staff, the Board of Directors and all the triperos and triperas we will continue united, working to make Gymnastics bigger and bigger”concluded the players who decided to express their position before training this afternoon.

Meanwhile, the president of Gym, Marian Cowenalthough he recognized “the mistreatment suffered by youth soccer players between 2019 and 2021”ruled out sexual assaults and ratified the club’s commitment to not endorsing these practices, known in the football field as “initiation rituals” either “baptisms”.

“We do not endorse this type of thing and they are not going to happen in the club under our leadership. They must be banished from sport in general, not only from football”said cowen in dialogue with C5N.

The details of the violent “baptisms”

Last Sunday complaints were made known through social networks and sports portals of the silver after the goalless draw Banfield and Gymwhich mentioned events that occurred in 2019 in a preseason concentration, with attacks at the hands of a group of more experienced players calling themselves “The Ninjas”.

Said group of aggressors was headed by the Uruguayan German Brahian (which was transferred to Banfield in the last pass market), followed by Victor Ayala, Matias Perez Garcia and Nelson Insfran.

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“The kids couldn’t sleep thinking that they were going to enter the room and they were going to hit them with the initiation ritual”assured a source.

Faced with this situation, the current board of directors of Gym arranged to investigate possible cases of abuse that would have youths promoted to the First Division as victims and that involves former soccer players from the institution, they told telam relatives to “tripera” driving.

“As a fan and as a member I remember that at that time they were talking about ‘Los Ninjas’ but being in the stands you don’t know about it”added cowenwho indicated that “after what was unleashed in the last few hours, one gets to work in a different way and perceive the facts to know how they were.”

The youthful Miramón crossed him with everything to Alemán:

In this framework, from the leadership of Gym indicated that although there is no police complaint or judicial action in this regard, there were conversations “with the representatives, and in some cases family members of the youth players. We have to be empathetic and put ourselves in the place of the person who suffered.”

“I spoke with the references that we currently have on the campus, more than anything to make ourselves available. They tell me that there was no sexual abuse, although there was mistreatment and humiliation of former youth references”added cowenwho took office in November 2022.

“The alleged sexual abuse such as those mentioned in the networks did not occur. But they did confirm that there were beatings, or covering someone with sheets as happened to you before when you went to the colimba”concluded the leader, who reiterated that the club will investigate what happened to the leadership that preceded them, which led Gabriel Pellegrino.

The players were concentrated tonight at the Estancia Chica property, ahead of the game that Gym will play this Friday at 6:00 p.m. against Institute of Cordova in its stadium in Bosque de la Plata, with the arbitration of Hernan Mastrangelofor the fourth date of the Professional League.