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By MELISSA MURPHY
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Simone
Biles met the new presi-
dent of USA Gymnastics
but hasn’t heard from the
U.S. Olympic Committee
regarding the Larry Nassar
sexual abuse scandal.
The four-time gold med-
alist at the Rio Olympics
is among those who say
they were sexually abused
by Nassar, a former team
doctor for the governing
body for American gym-
nastics.
USA Gymnastics president
Kerry Perry spoke with
Biles at her gym in subur-
ban Houston, where she is
training for the 2020 Tokyo
Games.
“I have not heard from the
USOC, but the new presi-
dent of USA Gymnastics
did fly down and introduce
herself to me, but not in
regards to the whole en-
tire situation,” Biles said
Wednesday in a phone
interview with The Associ-
ated Press. “There’s still a
lot of work that needs to
be done, like independent
investigations. So they can Harden sets Rockets scoring
ensure this never happens
in any sport again.” record with 60-point triple-double
Nassar has been sen-
tenced to 60 years in pris-
on on child pornography Houston Rockets guard James Harden, right, shots a 3-pointer
charges and 40 to 175 as Orlando Magic forward Evan Fournier defends during the
years for abusing young second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018,
women and girls while
working at Michigan State in Houston. Houston won 114-107.
University. He also is facing Associated Press
sentencing for molesting Page 20
gymnasts at an elite club in
Lansing, Michigan.
USOC CEO Scott Blackmun
wrote an open letter last
week apologizing to the
women and girls abused
by Nassar.

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