Li Li Leung: 'She literally resurrected USA Gymnastics'

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Li Li Leung paints a raw, brutally honest picture of the organization she took over in 2019. There's no reason to sugarcoat the dire reputation USA Gymnastics was facing, not to mention the financial woes. It seemed almost as if there was no way things could get any worse for an organization reeling in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.

USA Gymnastics was facing decertification by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic committees. Leung said, essentially, all the corporate partners had left. The organization had filed bankruptcy three months before she came on board as it faced hundreds of lawsuits filed by survivors.

"We had lost com