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USOC CEO provides details on initiative to protect athlletes

COLORADO SPRINGS — U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun says a new resource to better protect athletes will be “truly transformational” in preventing cases of sexual abuse and streamlining the reporting process.

Following a series of lawsuits against USA Swimming alleging child sex abuse, the U.S. Olympic Committee convened a working group in 2010 to develop recommendations regarding misconduct in sport. That culminated last year in the creation of the U.S. Center for SafeSport, which will open in January in Denver. The nonprofit will respond to abuse claims and implement a unified set of policies for preventing, identifying and reporting misconduct among the 47 national governing bodies (NGBs) that oversee USOC sports.