WASHINGTON — Ashton Locklear, a world champion gymnast who hopes to compete at the 2020 Olympics, did not believe much of what U.S.A. Gymnastics told lawmakers on Tuesday at a Senate hearing about keeping athletes safe from abuse.
U.S.A. Gymnastics is sorry that Dr. Larry Nassar abused so many gymnasts, said Kerry Perry, the organization’s president, in her testimony. U.S.A. Gymnastics is athlete-centric now, she said. It is making it easier to report abuse.
To Ms. Locklear, it was just more spin.
“Nothing has changed,” said Ms. Locklear, who spoke publicly for the first time in an interview Tuesday about being sexually abused by Dr.