Prosecutors ask to shelve Maccarani case

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 13 - Prosecutors in the northern city of Monza on Tuesday asked judges to shelve the case against the national technical director of the Italian rhythmic gymnastics team Emanuela Maccarani and her assistant Olga Tishina who were under investigation for alleged psychological abuse of some gymnasts.
    Maccarani last December was reappointed national technical director of the Italian rhythmic gymnastics team after being reprimanded by the Italian Gymnastics Federation (FGI) for psychologically abusing some ex-athletes.
    FGI President Gherardo Tecchi, after consultation with Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) chief Giovanni Malagò, announced the termination of his own role as interim coach and at the same time informed the federal executive of the reassignment of the same role to Maccarani, whose trial for alleged psychological abuse of some former gymnasts ended with a warning from the FGI's disciplinary body. (ANSA).