former coach Maggie Haney faces 8 years suspension
Former team USA gymnastics coach gets 8
year ban.
The former USA gymnastics
coach Maggie Haney is reportedly suspended from coaching amid allegations of verbal
abuse and mistreatment of athletes.
On its online list of
suspended and restricted persons, USA gymnastics, said Maggie Haney was
suspended from all contact from Thursday until April 30, 2028.
Maggie was accused of
verbally abusing and mistreating gymnasts, forcing them to train even if
injured, according to numerous reports.
Haney owns the MG
Elite gymnastics in Morganville, New Jersey, where she trained Laurie Hernandez,
who won gold at the 2016 Rio games, and Riley McCusker, who was on the US team
that won gold at the 2018 Doha world championship.
The suspension was handed
down by an independent panel after hearing into complaints of abuse against
her, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
Haney was accused by
parents and other witnesses of humiliating gymnasts, sometimes “fat shaming”
girls as young as 10 according to the Orange county register.
Haney’s case comes
during a dire time for the US gymnastics, which is still shaken by the scandal
over former team doctor Larry Nassar, who was jailed for sexually abusing dozens
of athletes.
Haney will have to
undergo a two-year probation at the end of her suspension period before any
eventual return to the sport.
Source: Daily Mail
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