BOSTON (MA)
Boston Globe
August 13, 2018
The eyes of the gymnastics world are turning to Boston, where the US championships begin Thursday at TD Garden. And while those eyes will be delighted by the sights of high-flying bar routines, elegant balance beam moves, daring vaults, and gravity-defying tumbling passes, the backdrop of the event writes a more difficult story for the competition’s overseer, USA Gymnastics. Enveloped by scandal, its sport is under fire. When years of systemic oversight problems culminated in the criminal sentencing of former national team doctor Larry Nassar as a serial sexual abuser, a long, heartbreaking shadow was cast over the sport, fomenting concern about the safety and well-being of the athletes involved.
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