| | Nearly six years before USA Swimming was rocked by a series of sexual abuse accusations against coaches, the national governing body sent two letters to the U.S. Olympic Committee in 2004 and 2005 asking it to take the lead in developing policies to protect young athletes across the Olympic movement. "One thing that has been made clear as we learn more and more about the past is that the Olympic community failed to protect its athletes," USOC chief executive officer Scott Blackmun said in a statement to USA TODAY Sports.
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