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Sydney Ewing:
Ewing made the trip from Texas to watch the Spartans compete and to visit campus again with her father, Steve Ewing, who insisted he has no fear of sending his daughter to Michigan State to be a gymnast and student.
“I’m not scared,” he said. “This is going to be the cleanest, safest program in the country. It’s going to be squeaky clean …
WaPo – Michigan State gymnastics team tries to move on from Nassar
Only 3 congressmen voted against this bill.
A terrible idea, you would think. What happens when a young victim from their district is abused? How do they then respond to their voters?
Amash explains why he voted against.
The New York Times has identified at least 40 girls and women who say that Dr. Nassar molested them between July 2015, when he first fell under F.B.I. scrutiny, and September 2016, when he was exposed by an Indianapolis Star investigation.
Some are among the youngest of the now-convicted predator’s many accusers — 265, and counting. …
As F.B.I. Took a Year to Pursue the Nassar Case, Dozens Say They Were Molested
What were USAG and MSU doing over those months?
What was the medical profession doing?
An emotional montage by Deanna Hong.
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.
Who cares who won the dual meet. These teams are both winners.
related – watch the video being presented at UCLA
@Thankscoach
Amanda Turner:
As the gymnastics community struggles to pick up the pieces following the Larry Nassar tragedy — which revealed allegations of physical, sexual and psychological abuse by gymnastics coaches — a grassroots movement has begun to reshape the sport and its image. Coach and educator Tony Retrosi says it’s time to recognize the tremendous work of the amazing gymnastics coaches who have influenced so many athletes in a healthy and positive way.
Retrosi, the head coach and owner of Atlantic Gymnastics Training Centers, started the “Thank You to my Gymnastics Coach” page on Facebook (Facebook.com/Thankscoach), because he wants to remind the public that the majority of gymnastics coaches shouldn’t be lumped in with the kind who make headlines for harming athletes. …
With the criminal doctor going to prison for life, and the systems that supported him for decades under investigation, I’m hopeful that we can finally start looking at all the good done by Gymnastics coaches around the world.
I’m very thankful for my coaches from 50 years ago. They helped shape the person I am today.
Most were convinced that USAG was unable / unwilling to make real changes. Until recently.
This is significant.
Nancy Armour:
Gymnasts will be required to be chaperoned by someone other than their coaches at four upcoming events …
“Each athlete will be required to have a chaperone with them, other than their coach,” Faehn wrote. “This individual can be a parent or guardian, a grandparent, another relative, etc. Each athlete and coach will be responsible for setting up their own arrangements ie. flight and hotel.”
Athletes selected for the international World Cups also will be required to bring a chaperones, though USA Gymnastics will cover their flight and hotel expenses.
“If a parent or designated guardian is not able to attend, USA Gymnastics will provide a safe sport certified female chaperone,” Faehn wrote.
The inability of parents or other chaperones to travel with their daughters was among the many criticisms leveled at USA Gymnastics by gymnasts abused by Nassar. …
USA will not be sending gymnasts to Jesolo or Gymnix in 2018.
Andrew Fuller accused former USA Gymnastics coach Dr. George Drew of drugging and abusing him.
USAG on Twitter. (Jan 30th)
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A new way to look at the Nassar crimes and how he could conceal them for decades.
GymCastic founder Jessica O’Beirne:
No one believed the victims of Larry Nassar.
I can’t call them all survivors because not everyone survived.
No one believed the women and girls who for decades looked to adults and institutions for help ― and with the exception of three dedicated journalists at the Indianapolis Star and a few others who relentlessly beat the drum as most media ignored a sex abuse spree. …
The Nassar case isn’t only a story about a child molester. It’s a story about every person and institution that failed to stop him. …
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