BROKEN KIDS, the untold story of young athletes

They are our future gymnasts, swimmers, figure skaters, hockey, tennis or football players… yet their childhoods are sacrificed in pursuit of elite-level sports. Children as young as 10 years old already suffer from recurring injuries, burnout, or eating disorders. Despite the initial outcry against the harsh training regimes in the Eastern Bloc some forty years ago, high-performance sports institutions have failed to learn from past mistakes. Instead, taking advantage of the lack of specific legal protections, the Western world appears to have not only perpetuated but also refined these practices. This eye-opening international investigation sheds light on the widespread adoption of inhumane training methods in high-level sports, with children bearing the heavy toll of our relentless pursuit of medals.