International Gymnastics Federation approves $2 million project for safety of athletes after Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal

International Gymnastics Federation approves $2 million project for safety of athletes after Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal

Hundreds of girls and women, including many Olympians, said they were molested by Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics doctor. He was jailed after pleading guilty to sexual assault and possessing child pornography

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International Gymnastics Federation approves $2 million project for safety of athletes after Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal

Baku: The International Gymnastics Federation has approved a $2 million project to safeguard athletes after an American sex abuse scandal.

Larry Nassar, former USA Gymnastics doctor. Reuters

The sport’s governing body says the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation will have a help desk for athletes, judicial panels to prosecute and judge cases, and a compliance section to monitor good governance.

FIG acted in response to “abuse cases in the United States which so shocked the world of gymnastics.”

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Hundreds of girls and women, including many Olympians, said they were molested by Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics doctor. He was jailed after pleading guilty to sexual assault and possessing child pornography.

At a biennial congress, FIG member federations also incorporated the free-running sport of parkour as an official discipline.

Parkour organizers campaigned against FIG using the hashtag #WeAreNotGymnastics.

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