singapore singapores national sports agency said friday it was dismayed to learn of a figure skaters claims that she suffered physical and mental abuse while training in chinajessica shuran yu who was born and trained in china but competed internationally for singapore said her coach hit her drew blood from her shin with skate blades and hurled insults at her and fellow athletesshe said in an instagram post that there was a toxicity that plagues aesthetic sports like gymnastics and figureskatingsport singapore said it was dismayed to learn of jessicas plight in her sporting journey overseas and was supporting yu alongside representatives from the singapore ice skating associationyu 19 competed in the 2017 world championships but has now retired from competitive skatingher allegations of mistreatment are the latest to rock the world of sports in recent weeksformer australian gymnasts have gone public with accounts of physical mental and emotional abuse while a human rights watch report this week detailed rampant mistreatment of young athletes in japanthe case of a young south korean triathlete choi sukhyeon who took her own life last month captured global headlines after it emerged she had endured years of physical and verbal abuse from coaching staff that was allegedly ignored by sporting authorities