Larry Nassar
US Olympic leaders tab former LA28 CEO Gene Sykes as chair

By Eddie Pells Jul. 08, 2022 07:59 PM EDT
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee chose Gene Sykes as its next chairman Friday, elevating the former CEO of the Los Angeles 2028 organizing committee to a...

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland listens during a briefing with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Los Angeles 2028 organizers in Beverly Hills, Calif. At their keynote addresses at this week's annual assembly of U.S. athletes and administrators, both CEO Sarah Hirshland and chair Susanne Lyons said the federation's top-line priority for the upcoming year is on athlete excellence and expanding revenue. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Tensions sparking change in US Olympic world, but how much?

By Eddie Pells Jun. 24, 2022 03:26 PM EDT

FILE - At left, Chellsie Memmel is shown during the final round of the U.S. gymnastics championships, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, in St. Paul, Minn. At right, Alicia Sacramone waves to the crowd during the women's senior division at the U.S. gymnastics championships, Sunday, June 10, 2012, in St. Louis. Alicia Sacramone Quinn and Chellsie Memmel won Olympic and world championship medals together. Now the two longtime friends and USA Gymnastics teammates are tasked with leading the organization back to the top of the podium. (AP Photo/File)
Sacramone Quinn, Memmel embrace new roles at USA Gymnastics

By Will Graves Jun. 13, 2022 03:29 PM EDT

FILE - Former Olympic gymnast Tasha Schwikert leaves a conference room after speaking to reporters Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, in Los Angeles. Schwikert, a member of the 2000 Olympic team and one of hundreds of athletes sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, has been appointed to USA Gymnastics board of directors, a position created as part of the settlement between the organization and survivors of Nassar's abuse. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Olympian, Nassar victim Schwikert Moser on USA Gym board

By Will Graves Jun. 02, 2022 02:03 PM EDT

FILE - A silhouette of a snowboarder in action in a heat during the FIS World Cup snowboarding big air competition at the Battersea Power Station in London, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. When former members of the U.S. snowboarding team sought to report sex-abuse allegations against a longtime coach, they received conflicting information that left them unsure of where to turn — or whether they wanted to pursue the cases at all. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
Sex abuse case in snowboarding exposes flaws in reporting

By Eddie Pells Apr. 14, 2022 12:50 PM EDT

FILE - Young people pose behind the Olympic Rings during the Torch Tour ahead of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, in front of the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Instead of staking out a hardline position on the conflicts inherent in sending Olympic athletes to China, the leader of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee turned questions about the issues in the host country into a marketing pitch of sorts for America's own aspirations. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, File)
USOPC stays neutral on China, pushes Salt Lake City

By Eddie Pells Dec. 17, 2021 04:32 PM EST

FILE - Former gymnast Rachael Denhollander speaks about Larry Nassar in Lansing, Mich., Nov. 22, 2017. The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the victims of sexual abuse by Nassar, among others, is over. A federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, confirmed a $380 million settlement between USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the hundreds of victims, ending one aspect of the fallout of the largest sexual abuse scandal in the history of the U.S. Olympic movement. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
USA Gymnastics, USOPC reach $380M settlement with victims

By Will Graves Dec. 13, 2021 03:57 PM EST

Forster, leader of U.S. women's gymnastics team, resigning

By Will Graves Dec. 08, 2021 10:05 PM EST
U.S. women's gymnastics high-performance director Tom Forster is stepping down at the end of the year. USA Gymnastics announced Wednesday night that...

United States gymnasts from left, Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols, and Aly Raisman testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI's handling of the Larry Nassar investigation on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Washington. Nassar was charged in 2016 with federal child pornography offenses and sexual abuse charges in Michigan. He is now serving decades in prison after hundreds of girls and women said he sexually abused them under the guise of medical treatment when he worked for Michigan State and Indiana-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
Biles: FBI turned 'blind eye' to reports of gymnasts' abuse

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Will Graves And Michael Balsamo Sep. 15, 2021 12:48 PM EDT

Simone Biles, of the United States, and teammates Sunisa Lee wave after performing on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
No team gold, but U.S. women show depth during Tokyo stay

By Will Graves Aug. 04, 2021 08:26 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 27, 2021 file photo, Simone Biles, of the United States, watches gymnasts perform after she exited the team final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo. Biles and Naomi Osaka are prominent young Black women under the pressure of a global Olympic spotlight that few human beings ever face. But being a young Black woman -- which, in American life, comes with its own built-in pressure to perform -- entails much more than meets the eye. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Black women, across generations, heed Biles’ Olympic example

By Aaron Morrison, Astrid Galvan And Deepti Hajela Aug. 03, 2021 10:19 PM EDT

Simone Biles, of the United States, watches gymnasts perform at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. Biles says she wasn't in right 'headspace' to compete and withdrew from gymnastics team final to protect herself. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
USOPC leader: 'Thrilled' Biles felt safe to make decision

By Eddie Pells Jul. 28, 2021 02:46 AM EDT

Team Germany huddles together after performing in the women's artistic gymnastic qualifications at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Gymnastics team, tired of 'sexualization,' wears unitards

By Claire Galofaro Jul. 25, 2021 09:59 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 22, 2021, file photo, a health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. About 100 of the more than 600 U.S. athletes descending on Tokyo for the Olympics are unvaccinated, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee's medical chief said hours before Opening Ceremony on Friday, July 23. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
At least 100 US athletes unvaccinated as Olympics begin

By Eddie Pells Jul. 23, 2021 03:31 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 19, 2021, photo, Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates after winning the first heat of the semis finals in women's 100-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. From doping, to demonstrations to dirty officials, the Olympics have never lacked their share of off-the-field scandals and controversies that keep the Games in the headlines long after the torch goes out. Only weeks before the start of the Olympics, the ban of American sprinter Richardson for a positive marijuana test fueled a debate about whether that drug — not considered a performance enhancer and now legal in some parts of the globe — should be forbidden anymore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Olympic scandals march on long after torch goes out

By Eddie Pells Jul. 22, 2021 03:28 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, file photo, USA Gymnastics president and CEO Li Li Leung speaks during the Winter Cup gymnastics competition in Indianapolis. USA Gymnastics is in the midst of a top-to-bottom culture change following the Larry Nassar scandal. Leung believes the organization has made progress in terms of creating a more positive culture within the sport since taking over the embattled national governing body in 2019. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
Too much, too soon? USA Gymnastics in midst of culture shift

By Will Graves Jul. 15, 2021 05:33 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2018, file photo, Larry Nassar, a former doctor for USA Gymnastics and member of Michigan State's sports medicine staff, sits in court during his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Mich. The FBI made numerous serious errors in investigating allegations against former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar and didn't treat the case with the “utmost seriousness,” the Justice Department's inspector general said Wednesday, July 24, 2021. The FBI acknowledged conduct that was “inexcusable and a discredit" to America's premier law enforcement agency. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Watchdog: FBI mishandled Nassar-USA Gymnastics abuse case

By Michael Balsamo And Eric Tucker Jul. 14, 2021 05:50 PM EDT

Simone Biles competes on the vault during the women's U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials Sunday, June 27, 2021, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Simone's Showcase; Biles bidding for history in Tokyo

By Will Graves Jul. 02, 2021 01:48 PM EDT

MyKayla Skinner competes on the vault during the women's U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials Sunday, June 27, 2021, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
History finally at hand, Biles headlines US gymnastics team

By Will Graves Jun. 27, 2021 10:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 file photo, USA Gymnastics president and CEO Li Li Leung speaks during the Winter Cup gymnastics competition in Indianapolis. USA Gymnastics is trying to shift the narrative away from the Larry Nassar scandal. President Li Li Leung wants to talk about the progress it has made over the last three years. The safeguards it is putting in place to prevent sexual abuse. The programs that focus on education and empowerment. The emphasis on changing a culture that produced plenty of medals but at a sometimes astronomical cost both physically and emotionally to the athletes that won them(AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
USA Gymnastics trying to move past Nassar as Trials begin

By Will Graves Jun. 23, 2021 06:32 PM EDT