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Makayla Greenwood has qualified as Team USA s alternate in the women s 57-kilogram division in taekwondo for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. (Photo courtesy USA Taekwondo)
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Makayla Greenwood has one busy summer ahead of her.
The 17-year-old taekwondo standout transplanted from Schenectady where she was a student at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School to Colorado Springs, Colorado last year to train at USA Taekwondo’s home base. Greenwood, ranked No. 2 in the country in the women’s 53-kilogram division, said Thursday she’ll likely be based out of Colorado Springs through 2028, with the goal of competing in that year’s Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
California Court Rules That Sports Organizations Must Protect Athletes
Sports governing organizations such as those for swimming and gymnastics have a duty to protect young athletes from sexual and other abuse and can be legally liable if they don’t, the California Supreme Court has ruled.
In a case involving girls aspiring to be Olympians who were molested by their martial arts coach for years, the court held that USA Taekwondo could be held liable. But the court cleared the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee from liability because it did not have a relationship with the coach or athletes.
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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2020, file photo, is the Earl Warren Building, headquarters of the Supreme Court of California, in San Francisco. The California Supreme Court will rule Thursday, April 1, 2021, in a case about whether the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has a legal duty to protect to protect athletes from sexual and other types of abuse. The case is related to a lawsuit in which three aspiring Olympic female taekwondo athletes who were sexually abused by their coach for years sued the coach, the USOPC and USA Taekwondo. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) April 01, 2021 - 5:06 PM
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April 1, 2021 5:05 PM By BRIAN MELLEY
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FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2015, file photo, provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows former Olympics taekwondo coach Marc Gitelman. The California Supreme Court will rule Thursday, April 1, 2021, in a case about whether the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has a legal duty to protect to protect athletes from sexual and other types of abuse. The case is related to a lawsuit in which three aspiring Olympic female taekwondo athletes who were sexually abused by their coach for years sued the coach, the USOPC and USA Taekwondo.
Estey & Bomberger on California State Supreme Court Ruling: US Olympic NGBs Have A Duty to Protect Athletes from Sexual Abuse 04/01/21
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SAN DIEGO, CA – April 1, 2021 - The California State Supreme Court ruling in the Los
Angeles County lawsuit of Brown (Yazmin) et al. v. USA Taekwondo et al., S259216, is being
hailed as a groundbreaking decision with far-reaching legal implications that will better protect
young athletes against sexual abuse. The Court reaffirmed a lower court decision and ruled that
USA Taekwondo, a United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) National
Governing Body (NGB), had a legal duty to protect athletes from sexual abuse.