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USOC Tells USA Gymnastics' Board To Resign Within 6 Days

USA Gymnastics said it "completely embraces the requirements" set by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Sexual abuser and former team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison this week.
The entire USA Gymnastics board will resign, the group says. Rachael Denhollander, center, listens as Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor, was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexual abuse over decades of his involvement with the program.

USA Gymnastics' board must resign, the U.S. Olympic Committee says — or it will lose its certification as a national governing body. The deadline is Jan. 31 — one week from the day disgraced team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for abusing more than 150 gymnasts.

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