In the @30for30 series about the Karolyis and USAG, there is an episode that explores the Sydney Games, and members of that women's gymnastic team talk about being cut off from everyone and isolated, housed outside the Village in a Ranch-like "prison," starved and overtrained.
How many American gymnasts and former Olympians live with the damage caused by what was permitted by the USOPC and USAG over the years?
A whole lot more than anyone realizes.
I will never stop highlighting this article because it makes me so angry.
That podcast series is called Heavy Medals, by the way, and the episode I refer to above is Part 6: The Rise Of Martha.
Rather than media outlets rehashing various angles about Simone Biles, maybe spend some time elevating the profiles of other gymnasts involved in the Games.
I just saw a man who championed the Barrington Declaration and lauded Sweden's disastrous approach to the pandemic, condescendingly tweet about a woman -- whose circumstances he knows nothing of -- because she chose to wear a mask in a manner he does not approve of.
If this were, say, a Star columnist and Wynne's press secretary, I'm quite certain Lilley and his like-minded colleagues would have demanded some sort of disclosure. canadaland.com/brian-lilley-i…