MORE South Korean female skaters are accusing their coaches of sexually abusing them, a group representing the athletes disclosed today following claims by two-time Olympic champion Shim Suk Hee that her former coach had repeatedly raped her.

The announcement came amid a growing #MeToo movement in South Korea's elite sports scene, which has been notorious for a brutal training culture and highly hierarchical relationships between coaches and athletes.

In addition to Shim, female athletes in judo, taekwondo and wrestling have also accused their male coaches of sexually abusing them. Members of the country's silver medal-winning Olympic curling team, cheered as the Garlic Girls for their hometown's famed produce, have accused their former coaches of verbal abuse and holding back prize money.