Safesport

And the downright glibness of the SafeSport Activity Book, a coloring book that USA Swimming puts out quarterly, shows SafeSport at its conceptual worst, functioning as literal public relations.

Per a SafeSport spokesperson, if the misconduct happened at the time of their employment, there can be an obligation to report even for someone no longer in the organization.

Also in that video, Skinner specifically cited SafeSport, an organization that exists to help curb emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in sports, as among the reasons gymnasts today aren’t as competitive as they once were.

SafeSport CEO Ju’Riese Colón acknowledged investigations can be stressful, but said it’s important work.

The swimmer told SafeSport that Kang pushed her to train despite severe back and shoulder injuries.

The three coaches who made complaints to SafeSport, as well as one of the parents, also included instances of sexual harassment of employees in their complaints.

The emails back up what board minutes and other documents showed—that the “independent” SafeSport is a creation of the USOC, with input from USOC leaders and lawyers from the start.

Blackmun’s last several years at the helm of USOC have focused on establishing the SafeSport organization, which formed to compel all Olympic sports organizations to use the same rules for reporting and handling abuse cases.

In addition to offering an online link for anonymous abuse reports, SafeSport also provides educational and training material for youth leagues nationwide.

SafeSport has no interest in relitigating prior cases, officials said, but it may need to examine them.

So far, SafeSport has received 409 incident reports across 35 sports, and many cases have been sent to local police for further analysis.

USA Gymnastics on Thursday confirmed that in 2017 it forwarded a complaint about Han to the U.S. Center for SafeSport, which is responsible for investigating abuse claims in Olympic sports.