“We have coaches and institutions and organizations and a country, frankly, that prioritize money and medals over the bodies and souls of people,” says Rachael Denhollander, a former gymnast who was the first woman to come forward publicly with accusations against Nassar. USA Gymnastics, the governing body for elite gymnastics in the United States, has said it’s working hard to change the sport’s culture, but many former gymnasts say it hasn’t done enough.
And dozens of women have testified that they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar, the former doctor who worked with the U.S. Former gymnasts say they were forced to train and compete with broken bones and that they were denied food. But over the past five years, athletes have been coming forward with allegations of widespread abuse in the sport. women’s gymnastics team has been a point of pride for many Americans. Ever since Kerri Strug and the Magnificent Seven won Olympic gold in 1996, the U.S.
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