![]() ![]() Nichols was able to find joy in the sport again-at the college level.Īthlete A tells the story of the tireless investigative reporters and brave gymnasts who together helped send Larry Nassar to prison and exposed the decades-long abusive culture of USA Gymnastics. Andrea Munford and prosecuting attorney Angela Povilaitis- truth prevailed. Together with a team of other determined women,including-police detective Lt. ![]() The courageous group of survivors-Nichols, Denhollander, Dantzscher and Howard–who bravely fought the system. The Indianapolis Star reporters who broke the story and revealed the cover-up that occurred at the highest levels of the Olympic sport. In training its lens on athletes vying for a coveted spot on the American Olympic team, as well as junior gymnasts coming up the ranks, Athlete A investigates systemic abuse and institutionalized corruption within the world of gymnastics.Īthlete A spotlights the horrific sexual abuse of hundreds of young athletes by USAG team doctor Larry Nassar, and shines an even brighter light on the team of individuals working to hold USA Gymnastics and Lassar Nassar accountable. Turns out many many more: at least 500 reported thus far, including 9 Olympians. Meanwhile, reporters wondered: If there were three Nassar victims contacting the newspaper, how many more could there be? ![]() Yet another gymnast, Olympian Jamie Dantzcher, spoke to her attorney who also contacted The Indianapolis Star regarding her Nassar allegations. National Rhythmic gymnastics champion Jessica Howard read the same article and also called the newspaper with a similar account of abuse by Nassar. Former competitive gymnast Rachael Denhollander read the explosive Indianapolis Star article and thought “Now’s the time.” She called The Indianapolis Star about the abuse she suffered at the hands of Larry Nassar. Their story revealed that USAG protected coaches, and often broke the law by failing to report allegations of abuse to authorities. But her dream was shattered after she reported being sexually abused by USA Gymnastics (USAG) team doctor Larry Nassar, the allegedly caring physician and pillar of his suburban community.Īlso in 2016, a team of Indianapolis Star journalists-Mark Alesia, Tim Evans, and Marisa Kwiatkowski-reported on a story in which predatory gymnastics coaches had been moved from gym to gym, but never charged with a crime. She was on the road to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Like other Olympic hopefuls, she’d given up almost everything to achieve this goal. Maggie Nichols devoted most of her life to being on the national gymnastics team. We knew it did, because of what we were finding out about the culture.” - Steve Berta, reporter for The Indianapolis Star, in Athlete A We wanted to establish that it went far beyond Nassar. “When the Nassar story came out, we were trying to get on to the bigger story, of what’s wrong, at USA Gymnastics. ![]()
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