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Blue Springs-native Kara Eaker, a former gymnastics national team member and two-time world champion, announced her retirement this week.

A Tokyo Olympics alternate, Eaker announced she has retired and withdrawn from Utah because of alleged non-physical abuse by a coach.

  Former University of Utah gymnast Kim Tessen posted a statement on Instagram this morning in support of Kara Eaker and condemned the U and its various departments for failing to address abusive coaching.  Tessen said she isn’t trying to compare her trauma to Eaker’s, rather, she is “sharing this in support of her and...

A member of the University of Utah women's gymnastics team announced her retirement from the sport and withdrawal from the school on Friday.

The University of Utah gymnast says that she was recently diagnosed with "severe anxiety and depression" as a result of how she was treated

A member of the University of Utah women's gymnastics team announced her retirement from the sport and withdrawal from the school on Friday.

Kara Eaker said she has recently contemplated suicide and self-harm and was recently diagnosed with "severe anxiety and depression" while also suffering from "panic attacks, PTSD, and night terrors."

American gymnast Kara Eaker has retired from the University of Utah womens gymnastics team, citing verbal and emotional abuse from a coach and lack of support from the university. In an Instagram post, Eaker revealed the toll the toxic environment took on her mental and emotional well-being, including severe anxiety and depression. She claimed her grievances were dismissed by university officials. Although Eaker did not name the coach, Tom Farden, implicated in a recent investigation, the report...

A member of the University of Utah women's gymnastics team announced her retirement from the sport and withdrawal from the school on Friday.