Gymnastic camps: training or torture?

Watching gymnasts perform may be a feast to your eyes but have you ever imagined how did they get there? It’s a story of tears and sweat. Kids as young as four are put through painful stretching routine during training sessions. These chilling images from gymnastics training camps will make any parents grimace.

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  1. Behind gold medals: Training with tears and sweat
  2. In a photograph taken on April 7, 2012, a young Chinese gymnast trains at a special sport school in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. Potential gymnasts embark on a gruelling schedule which aims
  3. In a photograph taken on April 7, 2012, a young Chinese gymnast trains at a special sport school in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. Potential gymnasts embark on a gruelling schedule which aims
  4. A Chinese boy practises weightlifting at a weightlifting training school in Jinjiang, in south China
  5. Behind gold medals: Training with tears and sweat
  6. A Chinese boy practises weightlifting at a weightlifting training school in Jinjiang, in south China's Fujian province on July 22, 2011. Young Chinese athletes often enroll in sports schools in th
  7. Behind gold medals: Training with tears and sweat
  8. Behind gold medals: Training with tears and sweat
  9. Behind gold medals: Training with tears and sweat
  10. Behind gold medals: Training with tears and sweat
  11. Behind gold medals: Training with tears and sweat
  12. Behind gold medals: Training with tears and sweat
  13. Behind gold medals: Training with tears and sweat
  14. Behind gold medals: Training with tears and sweat
  15. Behind gold medals: Training with tears and sweat
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