Simone Biles was among those surprised by the hiring of Edward Nyman.
Simone Biles tweeted her disbelief when Edward Nyman was hired. By Cindy Boren Cindy Boren Reporter covering sports, with an emphasis on politics and national stories Email Bio Follow May 1 at 8:01 AM One day after USA Gymnastics named Edward Nyman their first full-time director of sports medicine and science, he is out of the job.
However, a lawyer for some 200 gymnasts who said they were survivors of Nassar’s abuse claimed that gymnasts were not consulted and criticized the decision to hire a man. “Competing elite gymnasts are stakeholders. A number of them were abused by Larry Nassar. None of them were consulted about this pick. None of my clients abused by Nassar want anything to do with male physicians,” John Manly tweeted when the hiring was announced Monday.
— john manly April 30, 2019 Simone Biles, the four-time world champion who said she was abused by Nassar, tweeted her disbelief at Nyman’s hiring on Monday with three simple words: “I’m sorry.... what”.— Simone Biles April 30, 2019 USA Gymnastics said Tuesday that the decision to change directors so abruptly was unrelated to social media backlash.
A former NBA executive, Li Li Leung, the organization’s fourth president and CEO in the past two years, was appointed in February and the former gymnast got off on the wrong foot with athletes during a “Today” show interview in which she said that Nassar, the USA Gymnastics and Michigan State physician, had not abused her because her coach was with her when Nassar examined her.
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