AMY Tinkler has blasted British Gymnastics after discovering her allegations of bullying and abuse within the sport have been dismissed.

Miss Tinkler, who was a member of the Basildon-based South Essex Gymnastics Club prior to her retirement at the age of 20 in January, has taken to social media to reveal she feels “sick” after being offered no explanation as to the outcome of her formal complaint, which was lodged in December 2019.

A medallist at the 2016 Olympic Games, Miss Tinkler retired a month after submitting her formal complaint to British Gymnastics because of her negative experiences in the sport.

It has been revealed that part of Miss Tinkler’s accusations were related to her time working with Amanda Reddin, the current head coach of Team GB’s women's squad.

Miss Tinkler has questioned British Gymnastics’ integrity after being told there is no case for them to answer.

On social media, Miss Tinkler wrote: “I can confirm that part of the complaint I submitted in December 2019 related to my experiences with Amanda Reddin and the national performance coaching set-up at British Gymnastics between 2016 to 2019.

“On Friday, and only in response to media pressure, I was emailed informing me that my complaints had been dealt with and the matter closed. No explanation was given.

“The way I received this information made me sick. It reinforced mine and every gymnasts’ fear, which is that their complaints aren’t dealt with fairly and independently.

“This is why we don’t speak up. This is why we suffer in silence. We know that to speak up is a pointless, career-ending task.”

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The Olympian criticised the crisis-hit British Gymnastics for how long they had taken to deal with her complaint last month.

Two of Miss Tinkler’s former coaches at South Durham Gymnastics Club have been suspended due to the investigation.

Miss Tinkler’s situation has also raised more questions of British Gymnastics’ handling of complaints, something even their underfire chief executive Jane Allen recently admitted had “fallen short”.

Miss Tinkler is set to feed her complaint into the independent review of gymnastics, which is being co-commissioned by UK Sport and Sport England and will start in the coming weeks.

She added: “I am now chasing British Gymnastics on a summary and explanation of this outcome.

“I will be submitting my complaints to the independent review. Every gymnast deserves better than this.”

Mrs Reddin, who was due to lead Britain’s women’s squad at next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, has temporarily stepped down and been forced to deny allegations that linked her to abuse complaints.