Fernando Amador has been denounced by victim after being assaulted during a ‘fight’ at a gym in Alicante town of Petrer
Spanish breakdance coach Fernando Amador resigned on Wednesday, three days after hitting a former student of his at a gym in the Alicante town of Petrer during a ‘breakbattle’ in which several participants clashed violently.
On the eve of the Break Dance World Cup, a discipline that will premiere as an Olympic sport at the 2024 Games in Paris, the President of the Spanish Federation of Sports Dance (FEBD), Luis Vañó, accepted this Thursday the resignation of Fernando Amador, known as Flex Nando. Fernando Amador expressed “his sincere regret” for his behavior at the event held in Alicante on Sunday.
Fernando Amador’s slap in the face of a former student went viral on social networks, forcing the resignation of the sports director of breaking at the FEBD. The best Spaniard in this specialty, Laura García of Granada, even threatened by a statement not to participate in the upcoming World Cup in Seoul if Flex Nando were not fired.
According to the images of a video uploaded to the networks, Fernando Amador grabbed a 19-year-old boy by the neck and moments later gave him a potshot. The victim was under the orders of the former national team coach for several years, but decided to change coach a few months ago. Fernando Amador has been denounced by his former student, with a report of injuries and a video of the attack in court evidence.
The day before Flex Nando tendered his resignation, the FEBD published a statement denouncing the attitude of the former sports director, making the following statement: «The events did not take place in any act or event of the FEBD, nor on its behalf. Despite the above, we reject and condemn the attitude of Flex Nando. From the first moment, all appropriate explanations were demanded of him, showing Flex Nando’s sincere remorse. We continue to rely on Flex Nando’s professionalism to stay at the forefront of breaking through FEBD. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we have informed Flex Nando that this type of event – or similar events – has no place in our sport, and cannot and should not happen, otherwise the FEBD will take other types of measures » .
Source: La Verdad
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