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UCLA gymnasts Kyla Ross and Madison Kocian say they were abused by Larry Nassar

LOS ANGELES_Olympic gold medal-winning gymnasts Kyla Ross and Madison Kocian, who helped UCLA win this year's NCAA team championship, Thursday said they were among the women and girls who were sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State physician Larry Nassar.

Ross and Kocian said they waited to come forward instead of joining the more than 150 women who spoke at Nassar's trial in January, because it wasn't until recently that they felt comfortable speaking publicly about the abuse they had endured. Nassar pleaded guilty to multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct

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