u.s. olympic committee
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CEO of Denver-based Olympic-athlete-abuse group SafeSport to step down
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Shellie Pfohl is stepping down as CEO of the U.S. Center for SafeSport after helping the Denver-based organization gain footing over a two-year period of slow-but-steady progress. Pfohl started in November 2016, and the center opened in March 2017 to become the clearinghouse for reports of sex abuse in U.S. Olympic sports. The center has…
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Report hammers Colorado-based US Olympic Committee in Nassar sex scandal
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Top leaders at the U.S. Olympic Committee in Colorado Springs were complicit in a yearlong “concealment” of abuse allegations that led to the sexual assaults of dozens of gymnasts, says a scathing internal review released Monday. Former USOC CEO Scott Blackmun and his top deputy for athlete performance were told of the perverted practices of USA…
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Lawmakers: Funding, urgency lacking in Olympic abuse crisis
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Olympic officials should do more than “window dressing” as they attempt to end sexual abuse of athletes, Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette said during a congressional hearing Wednesday. DeGette, D-Denver, was addressing officials of the Colorado Springs-based U.S. Olympic Committee who testified about how they plan to resolve abuses publicized during the recent…
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Politics of skiing: As Colorado eyes Winter Games, world politics, climate change share the podium
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VAIL – Snow sports – and the ultimate competitive form of them, the Olympics – are supposed to be apolitical, right? If NBA superstar Michael Jordan had been a snow skier, he might have said, “Republicans buy skis, too” – if in fact he ever really uttered his infamous line about sneakers. But the reality…
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Out West Roundup: Utah needs $39M to improve venues for new Winter Olympics bid, audit says
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Utah Audit: Utah needs $39M to improve venues for new Olympic bid SALT LAKE CITY – A foundation that runs venues from the 2002 Winter Olympics in the Salt Lake City area needs $39 million over the next decade for infrastructure improvements that would put the city in position to make a bid for a…
