Gymcastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

Olga Gymnastics Survivor Blows the Whistle: Abuse, Cover-Ups, and the Phelps Legacy

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Emma Webb, author of Historic, exposes the untold history of Olga Gymnastics club and the Phelps family legacy. We break down the abuse scandal, the Whyte Review, Gymnasts for Change, and how survivors pushed British Gymnastics to finally reform. INTERVIEW We talk with Emma Webb (pseudonym), author of the new book Historic: The True Legacy of Childhood Sport - The Book Every Parent Needs to Read, a memoir detailing the trauma and abuse she endured under convicted child sex offender Brian Phelps, plus the aftermath of how the British legal system chose to protect abusers over children CHAPTERS (pre-auto inserted ads) 00:00 – Trigger Warning SA 01:03 – Brian Phelps' criminal charges and conviction   01:39 – The broader British gymnastics abuse reckoning   02:01 – Gymnasts for Change and the Whyte Review   02:36 – Restorative Program & the £15,000 split survivor offer   03:28 – How Emma first contacted GymCastic   03:44 – The long-term psychological and medical impact   04:10 – Doctors discovering internal i