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Eight-year-old Adele at Silver Stars in Maryland. "Gymnastics is her life," her mother Lowrey Redmond says.

'It's Up To All Of Us': Parents Of Young Gymnasts Respond To Nassar Abuse Scandal

8:21am January 27, 2018

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

At Silver Stars Gymnastics in Silver Spring, Md., parents say they won't let the stories of sexual abuse by a prominent doctor ruin the sport for their kids.

Meet The Olympic 'Team Mom'

8:21am January 27, 2018

by Rachel Estabrook

Olympians need good training, but some also need the team "mom." Sherry Von Riesen has had a lot of Olympic "kids" over the 20 years she's lived at the official training center in Colorado.

Saturday Sports: Fallout Continues Over Gymnastics Sex Abuse

8:21am January 27, 2018

by Tom Goldman

Fallout over the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal continued this week. Nassar, the former doctor for the American gymnastics team, was sentenced to as many as 175 years in prison.

Daily drills and intense practices are part of young D.C.-area speedskaters' training.

A Short Track To The Olympics For Washington, D.C.-Area Speedskaters

8:00am January 27, 2018

by Mikaela Lefrak

The capital region has produced two of the U.S. Olympic team's eight speedskaters. Nearly a third of the short track speedskaters who qualified for Olympic trials this year came from D.C.-area clubs.

The entire USA Gymnastics board will resign, the group says. Rachael Denhollander (center) listens as Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor, was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexual abuse over decades of his involvement with the p

USOC Tells USA Gymnastics' Board To Resign Within 6 Days

6:57pm January 26, 2018

by Bill Chappell

USA Gymnastics said it "completely embraces the requirements" set by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Sexual abuser and former team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison this week.

Fallout Between USA Gymnastics And U.S. Olympic Committee Continues

6:01pm January 26, 2018

The sentencing of former doctor Larry Nassar has increasingly put pressure on the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Juliet Macur of The New York Times about the fallout.

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Gymnastics Sexual Abuse Case Puts Spotlight On Protecting Athletes

5:00am January 26, 2018

by Tom Goldman

Fallout continues from the scandal involving USA Gymnastics and a team doctor who sexually assaulted young girls. Advocates are asking tough questions about how and why it happened.

North Korean hockey players arrive at the Inter-Korean Transit Office in Paju, South Korea, on Thursday.

North Korean Women's Hockey Players Arrive To Begin Olympic Training With South

1:57pm January 25, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Twelve members of the team crossed the DMZ dressed in red, white and blue team parkas emblazoned with the North Korean flag. They will compete as part of a unified North-South team next month.

Ex-USA Gymnastics Doctor Sentenced; Michigan State President Resigns

8:52am January 25, 2018

by Kate Wells

A judge sentenced Larry Nassar to 175 years in prison after more than 150 victims spoke at his proceedings. And, the president of Michigan State University, where Nassar also worked, resigned.

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Larry Nassar in court with his attorneys on Wednesday, in Lansing, Mich., where he was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison.

Larry Nassar Sentenced To Up To 175 Years In Prison By Michigan Judge

9:10pm January 24, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

"I just signed your death warrant," said Judge Rosemarie Aquilina on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday evening Michigan State University confirmed its president is resigning over the scandal.