USA Gymnastics CEO Kerry Perry has been forced out after a rocky nine months on the job, The Orange County Register reports and USA Today confirms. The announcement will be made Tuesday. When Perry took over the organization on Dec. 1, she was seen as an odd choice, given her background in marketing and lack of experience with gymnastics or the Olympics. Her tenure was marked by heated criticism, including from gold medal gymnasts and members of Congress, that she was doing too little to help USA Gymnastics recover from the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.
The final straw for Perry was likely her decision to hire veteran coach Mary Lee Tracy, who had supported Nassar after his indictment for sexual abuse, as developmental coordinator; three days later, Perry asked Tracy to resign. But victims of Nassar, the former team doctor and Michigan State physician who is serving an effective life sentence, have long criticized Perry for declining to meet with athletes that Nassar abused, lack of tangible results reforming the organization, and long periods without any public comments. New U.S. Olympic Committee chief executive Sarah Hirshland had recently hinted at a leadership change at USA Gymnastics.
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