SafeSport Center 'In Potential Crisis' According to Panel's Survey of Olympic System
U.S. News & World Report A wide-ranging survey into the state of the U.S. Olympic system leveled criticism at the U.S. Center for SafeSport, with a draft report concluding that feedback collected about the 6-year-old agency paints a picture of a center in potential crisis.
SafeSport Center CEO JuRiese Colon was among the Olympic leaders who testified Wednesday at a hearing held by the Congressionally appointed Commission on the State of the U.S. Olympics and Paralympics that produced the survey a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press that will be used to craft recommendations for possible changes to the Olympic system.
Colon painted an overall positive picture of the Denver-based center that Congress formed in 2017 to deal with abuse allegations in Olympic sports. She pointed to the 1,900 people who have been sanctioned and listed on the centers disciplinary database.
And we have pioneered a shift to a safer sports culture over the last six years, she said at the hearing in Washington.
Her testimony was followed by presentations from a group of advocates critical of the center.
