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“Protected Again And Again”: How A Fencer Made It To The Tokyo Olympics Despite Sexual Assault Allegations

Jul 27, 2021

The US Center for SafeSport was tasked with investigating sexual abuse claims at Olympic programs. But in the first Summer Games since the agency’s creation, Team USA fencers say the system failed them.

Olympics 2021 swimmer Nicole Frank is living out her grandmother’s dream in Tokyo

Jul 27, 2021

When Uruguayan swimming star Nicole Frank, 17, found out she had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, she had only one thought: My grandma made it.

Larry Nassar Is in Prison, But Many Young Athletes Are Still at Risk. Here’s How We Can Better Protect Them From Sexual Abuse

Jul 27, 2021

Earlier this month, the Department of Justice released a report about the FBI’s investigation into former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar that spotlighted what survivors like me have known to be true: the entire system is failing athletes.

At 13, She Broke the Women’s Marathon World Record. Then She Disappeared From Running

Jul 26, 2021

Inside the little-known race in 1967 that helped spark equality in women’s distance running.

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“Protected Again And Again”: How A Fencer Made It To The Tokyo Olympics Despite Sexual Assault Allegations

Olympics 2021 swimmer Nicole Frank is living out her grandmother’s dream in Tokyo

Larry Nassar Is in Prison, But Many Young Athletes Are Still at Risk. Here’s How We Can Better Protect Them From Sexual Abuse

At 13, She Broke the Women’s Marathon World Record. Then She Disappeared From Running