Gymnastics

12/30/2025 |  AP sources: In ‘Nassar 2.0,’ Olympics watchdog failed to close abuse case against gymnastics coach (Associated Press (AP)) DENVER (AP) — Young gymnasts and their parents started raising red flags about a coach as far back as 2017 — the same year a watchdog agency was created in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual-abuse scandal that nearly eviscerated USA Gymnastics and damaged the country’s entire Olympic movement. 

12/30/2025 |  Olympics watchdog failed to close case against gymnastics coach (ESPN) DENVER -- Young gymnasts and their parents started raising red flags about a coach as far back as 2017 -- the same year a watchdog agency was created in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse case that nearly eviscerated USA Gymnastics and damaged the country's entire Olympic movement.

12/24/2025 |  US SafeSport suspends gymnastics coaches Fong, Barutyan for misconduct (Reuters Sports) Dec 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Center for SafeSport has suspended longtime gymnastics coaches Al Fong and Armine Barutyan for physical and emotional misconduct, according to the organization’s disciplinary database.
The married couple, who founded and operate Great American Gymnastics Express (GAGE) in Blue Springs, Missouri, have coached numerous U.S. Olympic and world medallists over several decades.

12/4/2025 |  Two Gymnasts Sue Former Coach, Oversight Agencies Over Alleged Abuse (Athletic Business) Two former students of Chow Gymnastics in West Des Moines, Iowa, have filed civil lawsuits alleging abuse by a former coach. 
According to KCCI, the gymnasts are accusing their former coach, Sean Gardner, of sexual abuse, as well as USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Center for SafeSport for failing to protect them. 

11/25/2025 |  Former Gymnastics Coach Sues Rutgers, Alleges Discriminatory and Retaliatory Termination Img 8690 Headshot (Athletic Business) Former Rutgers gymnastics coach Umme Salim-Beasley has sued the university for wrongful, discriminatory and retaliatory termination. 
According NJ Advanced Media, Salim-Beasley alleges that school official orchestrated a "witch-hunt" that involved "public scapegoating." 
Salim-Beasley had been the head gymnastics coach at Rutgers for seven years.