June 1, 2022 — I’ll never forget that August night in 1994 when I sat down in my Atlanta apartment and turned on the TV after a long day of graduate school. There was my gymnastics coach, Al Fong, talking with the Barbara Walters on TV about my ex- teammate Christy Henrich and her death … Read more
Gymnasts Becky and Ellie Downie have joined a campaign calling for a new national database of defibrillators after their brother died from a cardiac arrest last year. Josh, aged 24, died suddenly while playing cricket from an undiagnosed heart condition. Source link
Sept. 16, 2021 — Four medal-winning U.S. gymnasts shared their stories on Wednesday of being sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. They expressed frustration while recounting traumatic and graphic details during a Senate hearing on the FBI’s mishandling of the investigation into Nassar’s actions, according to NBC News. “I don’t … Read more