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5/12/2026, 1:38:27 AM
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First Larry Nassar,
now another figure in the USA Gymnastics system is being accused of sexual abuse.
>> Every coach like will like spot you like
>> Make sure you're not falling?
>> Yeah. What did he do that was different?
Um put his hands on our private parts.
Finley Welden, competing here for Iowa State University, showed elite talent at a young age.
So, she moved with her family from Utah to Iowa to train at a place called Chow's Gymnastics.
It's the gym where Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson and Gabby Douglas, maybe you've heard of them.
It's the gym where they were coached.
Little did they know the Weldens that Chow's new coach, Shawn Gardner, had been accused of inappropriate behavior at his last coaching job in Mississippi.
Gardner's boss said she told USA Gymnastics about his {quote} grooming behavior.
Additionally, the mother of a of Mississippi gymnast alerted USA Gymnastics that Gardner was giving young gymnasts, now get this, {quote} very long front-facing two-armed hugs with long kisses on the forehead.
Still, however, Gardner moved from one USA Gymnastics gym to another.
This is after the Larry Nassar scandal exploded.
And USA Gymnastics had sworn it had heard the athlete story from the Nassar scandal and that wholesale changes were coming.
>> Let there be no mistake. Those days are over.
USA Gymnastics is on a new path with new leadership and a commitment to ensure this never happens again.
In separate lawsuits, Gardner is accused of abusing at least five gymnasts at Chow's gym in West Des Moines, Iowa.
They were brave and they spoke out so this wouldn't happen again.
happen again. And it happened again.
Now, Shawn Gardner didn't reply to our interview requests and neither did the owners of Chow's who have denied the claims in a court case.
As for USA Gymnastics, they told us that it appreciates the seriousness of Gardner's case, but USA Gymnastics said it can't comment because of the ongoing legal matter.
Had they done any kind of even surface investigation, they would have found this plethora of abuse.
And if it had been done, would the girls who ended up being victimized in Iowa not been? Yeah, they never would have met him.
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