'A smack in the teeth' - warned coach to work at international youth event

A gymnastics coach who received a formal warning from British Gymnastics following an investigation into allegations including fear-based coaching and controlling practices is coaching at an international youth competition this weekend, BBC Sport has learned.

Clare Hague, head coach at Dronfield Gymnastics Academy near Sheffield, has travelled with English Gymnastics to coach at the Horizon Cup in Greece.

Complainants from two separate investigations into Hague and her club have told the BBC the decision is a "smack in the teeth" and "adds salt in the wound" for those who have had the courage to speak up about their concerns.

Documents seen by the BBC list fear-based coaching and emotional harm, controlling and restrictive practices, punitive attendance policies and psychological impact on children as some of the concerns considered in a…