Updated.
March 10, 2020 19: 35:25
An 18- year-old Perth female who collapsed during extreme training for a Muay Thai battle was not prepared to deal with the “embarassment and ridicule” she would bring on her health club if she stopped working to lose 8 kgs in 7 days, her mother has informed a coronial inquest.
Key points:
- Jessica Lindsay underwent a severe “weight cutting” training programme
- However she collapsed hours prior to she was due to face a weigh-in for a battle
- Her mother says her daughter underwent a “bullying” culture
Jessica Lindsay died in medical facility in November 2017, four days after she collapsed while training at a Forrestdale fitness center.
She collapsed just hours before she was because of deal with a weigh-in for a 64 kg amateur fi