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Long before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after accusations he abused girls he coached, warning signs about Sean Gardner were coming from several directions – his former boss, his gymnasts and their parents. The former boss says she brought her concerns about Gardner’s “grooming” behavior to USA Gymnastics, the sport’s national governing body. The parents and girls described telling …

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to take a job in 2018 at an elite academy known for training Olympic champions. Liang “Chow” Qiao, the owner of Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, thought …

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to take a job in 2018 at an elite academy known for training Olympic champions. Liang “Chow” Qiao, the owner of Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, thought …

Years after abuse reports, ex-coach at renowned US gymnastics academy in Iowa is arrested by FBI  KCCIView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to take a job in 2018 at an elite academy known for training Olympic champions. Liang “Chow” Qiao, the owner of Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, thought highly enough of his new …

U.S. gymnastics dominance will be tested with Simone Biles and others absent  The Washington Post Olympian Rivera, 17, wins at U.S. championships  ESPN Rivera wins senior all-around; Senior National Team named to conclude Xfinity U.S. Championships  USA Gymnastics Hezly Rivera adds U.S. all-around gymnastics title to her Olympic gold medal  Yahoo Sports Hezly Rivera wins women’s all-around at U.S. Gymnastics Championships  The New York Times …

In a year, Hezly Rivera has gone from the youngest U.S. Olympian across all sports in Paris to the all-around national champion. Rivera totaled 112 points in two nights of competition in New Orleans, prevailing by eight tenths over Leanne Wong, a two-time Olympic alternate. Joscelyn Roberson, another Paris Olympic alternate, was third. Rivera led Wong by two tenths going …

Asher Hong won the U.S. men’s all-around gymnastics title by a record margin under a two-decade-old scoring system. Hong, a 21-year-old rising Stanford junior, totaled 170.02 points over two days in New Orleans, distancing fellow Olympic team bronze medalist Frederick Richard by 7.465 points. Hong had the largest margin victory under the Code of Points system implemented in 2006. The …

Hezly Rivera, an Olympic gold medalist at age 16, is halfway to adding a U.S. all-around title at 17. Rivera, the youngest U.S. Olympian across all sports in Paris, leads the Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships after the first of two days of competition. She tallied 55.6 points in New Orleans, taking a slim lead of two tenths over Joscelyn Roberson …