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USA Gymnastics says entire board of directors will resign as requested by US Olympic Committee

USA Gymnastics has confirmed that its entire board of directors will resign as requested by the US Olympic Committee. The move came yesterday in the fallout from the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal. <br/><br/>The former USA Gymnastics sports doctor has been pleaded guilty to molesting girls and young women. He was sentenced to 40 to 175 years. Some of the nation's top gymnasts, including Olympians Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, Simone Biles and Jordyn Wieber, said they were among his victims. <br/><br/>The USOC had threatened to decertify the gymnastics organization, which besides picking US national teams is the umbrella organization for hundreds of clubs across the country. A handful of board members had stepped down, but the USOC said a wholesale change was needed.

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