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SafeSport seeks to address the problem of sexual abuse of minors and Olympic athletes in sport. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Its primary focus, for which it has exclusive jurisdiction , is to review allegations of sexual misconduct , and to impose sanctions up to the lifetime ban of a person from all Olympic sports. [ 11 ]
[27] [9] An example that has been pointed to is that SafeSport was not the first organization to publish a list of banned coaches; critics questioned why the organization created to protect athletes was not leading that effort. [27] It is a claim SafeSport officials denied, but which was the subject of focus of the new U.S. federal law of 2020.
In 2022, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) alleged that U.S. Ski & Snowboard had been interfering with a United States Center for SafeSport investigation into charges by three former American athletes and a former U.S. Ski & Snowboard employee against head coach Peter Foley, who coached the U.S. Snowboard team from 1994 to 2022.
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Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center, widely known as Parkettes, is a gymnastics club located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It has produced several teams and individual gymnasts representing the United States, the Czech Republic , and Canada in international meets, including the Olympic Games .
USA Shooting is headquartered at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center (OPTC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado.The Olympic and Paralympic Shooting Center was built in 1985 and is used for elite and resident athletes training, competitions, national championships, coaching seminars, camps, committee meetings, and local clubs.
The United States Fencing Association (USFA) is the national governing body for the sport of fencing in the United States. [3] [4] The USFA was founded in 1891 as the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) by a group of New York fencers seeking independence from the Amateur Athletic Union.
In 2020, Skate Canada announced a SafeSport program for the prevention and management of misconduct, injury and general disputes. [7] In 2021, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic , Skate Canada held its first virtual competition, the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge .