On July 28, the Chicago Tribune published my op-ed essay “Competitive swimming has a dark side of abuse and poor oversight,” https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/07/28/opinion-usa-swimming-coaches-banned-abuse/. Just prior to publication, […]

(paywall) https://www.the42.ie/how-disgraced-irish-swim-coach-george-gibney-made-a-new-life-in-america-6450570-Aug2024/   Irvin Muchnick’s book UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe will be published shortly by ECW […]

by Irvin Muchnick   The gold medal for outrage from the Summer Olympics easily goes to the Chinese swimmers whose national sports overseers gave them a […]

“The stories of abuse survivors make clear that … underhanded dealings have long been unwritten policy at USA Swimming…. The subject matter makes for grim reading, […]