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SafeSport Center adds morals clause, strengthens vetting after ex-investigator's arrests
The U.S. Center for SafeSport will add a morals clause to its code of conduct, and the CEO will start interviewing job candidates herself in the wake of the arrest of a former investigator who was charged with rape and other sex crimes. The center held a virtual forum Tuesday called...
SafeSport CEO says in email: Knowing arrested investigator fooled them is 'just sickening'
The leader of the U.S. Center for SafeSport wrote in an email that the revelation of a former investigator's arrest on rape charges was “just sickening,” while also saying there was no reason to believe he'd committed any wrongdoing while working for the center. CEO Ju'Riese...
Today in History: January 24, gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California
Today is Friday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2025. There are 341 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that sparked the California gold rush. ...
Olympic coaches sanctioned in international investigation of abuse in Azerbaijan rhythmic gymnastics
GENEVA (AP) — A four-year investigation into alleged physical, verbal and psychological abuse of rhythmic gymnasts in Azerbaijan led to the former Olympic team head coach, who is now a government minister, getting an eight-year international ban from the sport. Mariana Vasileva’s...
US Olympic and Paralympic officials put coach on leave after AP reports sexual abuse allegations
The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee placed an employee on administrative leave Thursday after The Associated Press reported that one of its coaches was accused of sexually abusing a young biathlete, causing her so much distress that she attempted suicide. Rocky Harris, USOPC...
US Biathlon officials ignored sexual harassment and abuse of female racers for decades, athletes say
Sexual abuse and harassment by coaches and others who held positions of power over women on the U.S. Biathlon team have been dismissed, ignored or excused over decades by officials more concerned with winning medals than holding offenders accountable, according to a half-dozen former Olympians and...
