It is a nightmare of grooming, manipulating, stigmatizing, and abusing young athletes not only in gymnastics but in swimming, figure skating, speed skating, and not just by one horrible person, Larry Nassar, but an ongoing chapter in American athletics that needs to be fully explored and exposed.
Blumenthal describes the ongoing abuse in American athletics, highlighting the need for investigation.
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