The remaining directors of the U.S. gymnastics governing body are resigning in the wake of this week's sentencing of the former national team doctor for molesting female athletes, USA Gymnastics said on Jan. 26. (Reuters)USA Gymnastics announced Friday that its entire board of directors will resign, complying with demands issued by the United States Olympic Committee earlier this week in response to rising national outrage over the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal. Three top USA Gymnastics board members resigned Monday, but minutes after a judge announced Nassar’s sentence Wednesday, the USOC said more changes were needed, including a turnover of the organization’s entire board and an independent investigation of the culpability of both officials at USA Gymnastics and the USOC for Nassar’s crimes. The USOC, which oversees the country’s Olympic governing bodies, threatened to decertify USA Gymnastics, stripping the organization’s association with the Olympics, if it did not comply. Last March, also under pressure from the USOC, Steve Penny resigned as chief executive of USA Gymnastics.

Source: Washington Post January 26, 2018 22:55 UTC