SportSG says it will support former national figure skater who described training ‘abuse’ in China


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SINGAPORE: Governing body Sport Singapore's (SportSG) Safe Sport Taskforce and the Singapore Ice Skating Association (SISA) say they will support former national skater Jessica Yu Shuran, following an article in which the 19-year-old spoke of physical and verbal abuse that she allegedly suffered while training in China. “Sport Singapore (SportSG) and Singapore Ice Skating Association (SISA) are dismayed to learn of Jessica’s plight in her sporting journey overseas," said a SportsSG spokesperson on Friday (Jul 24) in response to CNA's queries. "The wellbeing of all athletes is paramount to the legitimacy of sport. Jessica has reached out to SISA’s Safeguarding...