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by Irvin Muchnick<\/em><\/p>\n

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Under the headline \u201cCourt Denies USA Swimming, Scott MacFarland\u2019s Motions to Dismiss in Sarah Ehekircher Case,\u201d the swimming news site SwimSwam leads: \u201cA trial seems imminent.\u201d See https:\/\/swimswam.com\/court-denies-usa-swimming-scott-macfarlands-motions-to-dismiss-in-sarah-ehekircher-case\/<\/a>. (SwimSwam says \u201cColorado District Court\u201d; they mean U.S. District Court in Colorado.)<\/p>\n

We have uploaded a facsimile of the magistrate judge\u2019s decision at http:\/\/muchnick.net\/ehekirchercasedismissaldenied.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Across years of reporting, I found the Sarah Ehekircher story so compelling \u2013 and the various connections of her long swimming and coaching career so resonant with common motifs of corruption in American swimming \u2013 that I devoted an entire chapter to it in my new book UNDERWATER: The Greed-Soaked Tale of Sexual Abuse in USA Swimming and Around the Globe.<\/em>.<\/p>\n

All those hoping for meaningful reform of the youth sports system should be celebrating the possibility that Sarah might soon have her day in court — nearly four decades after MacFarland first preyed on her.<\/p>\n

UNDERWATER<\/em>\u2019s official publication date is next week. However, copies are already available through many outlets. You can view the table of contents here<\/a>. Some pre-order links are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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