Required reading for all the people who now say they care about gymnastics and gymnasts

illyria-and-her-pet:

fuck-usag:

elenazamos:

Iceland’s Tinna Odinsdottir was raped at a gymnastics competiton 

Former USA Gymnast Vanessa Atler Says She Developed an Eating Disorder Under Valeri Liukin: ‘I’m Still Messed Up’

Amid #MeToo, former Soviet gymnast Tatiana Gutsu accuses fellow Olympic gold medalist of rape
  (the ‘fellow gold medalist’ is owner of USAG certified gym, Vitali Scherbo)

Sexual abuse attorney ‘demands’ USOC de-certify USA Gymnastics (note the names Steve Penny, Mary Lou Retton)

Actually, just read the entire collection of IndyStar articles about this case because they are the only ones who covered every development

Katelyn Ohashi’s blog about her time at WOGA

Aly Raisman’s book

There’s tons of stuff I’m missing, so gymternet feel free to add on  

let’s see how much attention this gets from all the people claiming they care and want to help. 

Maria Olaru talking about how Belu and Bitang were abusive in her book: http://aly126.tumblr.com/post/145250130449/bits-of-maria-olarus-book-please-keep-in-mind

Alexandra Marinescu talking about how abusive Belu and Bitang were in her book: https://web.archive.org/web/20070311032747/http://www.gymworld.de/news/article/index0056.html

The story of Elena Mukhina: https://www.rt.com/sport/414212-elena-mukhina-life-story/

The story of Christy Henrich: http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-28/sports/sp-20762_1_christy-henrich

Quotes about how abusive the Karoylis were from Emilia Eberle,
Adrian Goreac, Rodica Dunca, Ecaterina Szabo, Melita Ruhn, and Geza Pozsar: http://triplefull.blogspot.com/2008/11/karolyi-scandal-quotes-by-adrian-goreac.html

Romanian gymnast that got killed by her coach: http://articles.latimes.com/1995-03-22/sports/sp-45677_1_romanian-gymnast

Allegations of sexual abuse against Leonid Arkayev: http://rewritingrussiangymnastics.blogspot.com/2017/01/leonid-arkayev-press-allegations.html