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The ‘Me Too’ Movement Inevitably Spills Into Sports

There were more names. Of course there were.

In gymnastics and in so many other sports — swimming and judo and hockey and basketball — there are always more girls, more women, more names.

This time, the brave athlete stepping forward was McKayla Maroney, an Olympic champion who posted a Twitter message on Wednesday morning that was shocking, yet — sadly — not so shocking at all.

“I was molested by Dr. Larry Nassar, the team doctor for the US Women’s National Gymnastics Team, and Olympic Team,” Maroney wrote, adding her name to the growing list of gymnasts who have accused Nassar of abusing them, and to the growing list of women deciding to share their stories.