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Dancing On Ice's Amy Tinkler explains how show helps her beat body image issues

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Watching gymnast Amy Tinkler perform joyously to Pretty Woman for Team GB at the Rio Olympics in 2016, you’d never suspect the 16-year-old was having anything but the time of her life.

But last year, after she quit the sport, the star alleged she had been subjected to fat-shaming and bullying. Her complaints against some industry figures echo those of a growing number of gymnasts, telling of a damaging culture within British Gymnastics.

She even admitted she’d rather forfeit her Rio Olympics bronze medal – coming third behind US stars Simone Biles and Alexandra Raisman in the women’s floor event – than have had to go through her ordeals.

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