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In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 file photo, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge shows the name of the city of Tokyo elected to host the 2020 Summer Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The International Olympic Committee on Sunday, Aug, 29, 2021 says Jacques Rogge who led the organization as president for 12 years, has died. He was 79. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool photo via AP, file) **FILE**

Jacques Rogge, IOC president for 12 years, dies at 79

By Chris Lehourites - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2017, file photo, then-U.S. Olympic Committee chief marketing officer Lisa Baird speaks about the Team USA WinterFest for the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, at Yongsan Garrison, a U.S. military base in Seoul, South Korea. Lisa Baird is the new commissioner of the National Women's Soccer League. The former chief of marketing for the U.S. Olympic Committee hopes she can bring the same ideas to soccer as those that ramped up Olympic endorsements. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

US Olympic marketing chief Lisa Baird is NWSL commissioner

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

In this Aug. 19, 2016, file photo, members of the United States women's water polo team celebrate with their gold medals on the podium after winning their gold medal match against Italy at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Analysis: US will win Olympic medal count, but at what cost?

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2018, file photo, Larry Nassar listens as Melissa Alexander Vigogne gives her victim statement in Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Mich. USA Gymnastics is overhauling its Safe Sport policy in hopes of providing better protection for athletes and clearer guidelines for coaches, parents, trainers and club owners on what constitutes abuse.The organization released the new policy on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, after consulting with a wide spectrum of people inside and outside the sport. The group included child welfare advocates and survivors of emotional and sexual abuse, including one athlete abused by former national team doctor Larry Nassar. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP, File)

APNewsBreak: USOC admin costs rise after Nassar scandal

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

USOC seeks to keep pregnant athletes from losing insurance

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Arbitrators tell USOC to hear Solo’s complaint about USSF

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

USOC leader: Reform possible with or without Congress

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Suit against USA Gymnastics seeks help for abused gymnasts

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51 women sue USOC for failing to stop Nassar abuse

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

USA Football unveils council to oversee developmental model

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

FILE - Aug. 2, 2017, file photo, a guest takes a video of U.S. Olympic Committee chief marketing officer Lisa Baird speaking at the Tokyo American Club in Tokyo. The U.S. Olympic Committee tabbed Paralympic executive Rick Adams to serve as its new chief of sport performance, and will also add a new athlete services division in an attempt to make it easier for athletes to deal with off-the-field needs. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

USOC realigns in attempt to help athletes off the field

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

In this Feb. 11, 2019, photo provided by Bill Kerig, Great Coach Founder and CEO Bill Kerig works as a volunteer hockey coach for the Salt Lake City Lady Lightning U19 hockey team, in Salt Lake City. An advocacy group has published a first-of-its-kind comprehensive list of coaches banned from Olympic sports, creating a database of nearly 1,000 people no longer allowed to work in the U.S. Olympic system because of sex-abuse allegations, doping positives and other criminal activities involving minors. The website, designed by former pro moguls skier Bill Kerig, was originally started to help families find certified coaches who are best qualified to work with their kids. (Blake Palmer/William Kerig via AP)

Coaching site builds list of those banned from US Olympics

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2017 file photo, former gymnast Rachael Denhollander speaks about former sports doctor Larry Nassar in Lansing, Mich. Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse is expected to question USA Gymnastics' chief financial officer during a creditors' meeting two months after the embattled sport organization filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Meeting in USA Gymnastics bankruptcy called ‘frustrating’

By RICK CALLAHAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 23, 2018, file photo, witnesses prepare to testify before the House Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee about the Olympic community's ability to protect athletes from sexual abuse, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are: U.S. Olympic Committee Acting CEO Susanne Lyons, USA Gymnastics President and CEO Kerry Perry, USA Swimming President and CEO Tim Hinchey, USA Taekwondo CEO Steve McNally, USA Volleyball CEO Jamie Davis, and U.S. Center for SafeSport President and CEO Shellie Pfohl. A congressional review of the U.S. Olympic system's handling of sex-abuse cases criticizes a culture that sought to protect reputation and image over athlete safety. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House panel finds Olympic leaders valued image over safety

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 8, 2002, file photo, shows U.S. champion Michelle Kwan practicing for the women's short program for the Winter Olympic Games at the Salt lake Ice Center in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for an upcoming Winter Olympics most likely for 2030 in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. winter team's ascendance into an international powerhouse. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, file)

Salt Lake City gets go-ahead to bid for Winter Olympics

By EDDIE PELLS and BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2017, file photo, Scott Blackmun, CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee, speaks at Yongsan Garrison, a U.S. military base in Seoul, South Korea. Two lawmakers are asking the Justice Department and FBI to look into whether former U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun lied to a Senate panel in testimony about the handling of sex-abuse allegations against Larry Nassar. At issue is Blackmun’s refuted claim that he discussed the case with USOC staff after receiving word of Nassar’s potential crimes from the USA Gymnastics president at the time, Steve Penny. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Senators ask FBI to investigate Blackmun for lying to panel

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, file photo, Larry Nassar looks at the gallery in the court during the sixth day of his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Mich. The 233 pages of details about how Olympic leaders and the FBI responded, or didn't, to sex-abuse allegations against Nassar was yet another entry in an endless exercise in looking backward to respond to a crisis that needs some new ideas and better execution before anything is truly fixed. (Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP, File)

Analysis: Report lays blame, but what’s needed are solutions

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, Alan Ashley, chief of sport performance with the U.S. Olympic Committee, speaks with reporters during a news conference in Park City, Utah. The U.S. Olympic Committee has fired chief of sport performance Alan Ashley in the wake of an independent report that said neither he nor former CEO Scott Blackmun elevated concerns about the Larry Nassar sexual abuse allegations when they were first reported to them. The 233-page independent report was released Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. It detailed an overall lack of response when the USOC leaders first heard about the Nassar allegations from the then-president of USA Gymnastics, Steve Penny. Blackmun resigned in February because of health concerns.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

How the Larry Nassar scandal has affected others

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

USA Gymnastics files for bankruptcy after sex-abuse scandal

By Will Graves - Associated Press

US Olympic officials visit Utah for possible 2030 bid

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