Statement: The Sunday Times

We are aware of the article running in today’s edition of The Sunday Times and we would like to reiterate that British Judo takes any allegations of any form of inappropriate behaviour extremely seriously.

All of the cases mentioned are historic and were dealt with at the time in-line with our Safeguarding policies and procedures.

We will not be commenting on any ongoing independent investigations.

All of our athletes are encouraged to report any safeguarding concerns, including any instances of bullying via our internal teams, which are then fully investigated using external independent investigators.