USA Gymanstics president and CEO Steve Penny has resigned amid a sexual-abuse scandal involving an ex-national-team doctor.
In the interim, USA Gymnastics board chairman Paul Parilla will lead the organization while its searched for a new president and CEO.
Last week, U.S. Olympic Committee leadership recommended Penny resign amid fallout from the federation’s handling of a string of sex-abuse cases.
The USOC board discussed Penny’s future at its quarterly meeting and delivered the recommendation to Parilla.
Penny is a co-defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by 2000 Olympian Jamie Dantzscher, who has accused former volunteer team doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse.