Underwater
Irvin Muchnick
While the celebrity victims of Dr. Larry Nassar and the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandals rightly got a lot of attention, the number of affected kids is far more numerous in swimming. Underwater tells the almost unbelievable story, in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, Latin America, and the Middle East, of coaches who preyed on children while hopping from program to program, state to state, and even country to country, in a pattern similar to the pedophile priests of the Catholic Church.
Irvin Muchnick, an experienced investigative reporter of the dark side of our popular sports entertainments, gained access to thousands of pages of FBI files and other sources to expose scores of such scenarios, as well as the inaction of bureaucrats and even the most highly regarded politicians. The ranks of abusers include some of the most famous and celebrated coaches in swimming history. And there’s no fixing the problem, the author says, so long as hundreds of thousands of young swimmers annually — elite and casual athletes alike — remain at the mercy of the Olympic system’s money-hungry priorities.
Duration - 8h 46m.
Author - Irvin Muchnick.
Narrator - Bob Johnson.
Published Date - Wednesday, 10 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2024 Irvin Muchnick ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
While the celebrity victims of Dr. Larry Nassar and the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandals rightly got a lot of attention, the number of affected kids is far more numerous in swimming. Underwater tells the almost unbelievable story, in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, Latin America, and the Middle East, of coaches who preyed on children while hopping from program to program, state to state, and even country to country, in a pattern similar to the pedophile priests of the Catholic Church. Irvin Muchnick, an experienced investigative reporter of the dark side of our popular sports entertainments, gained access to thousands of pages of FBI files and other sources to expose scores of such scenarios, as well as the inaction of bureaucrats and even the most highly regarded politicians. The ranks of abusers include some of the most famous and celebrated coaches in swimming history. And there’s no fixing the problem, the author says, so long as hundreds of thousands of young swimmers annually — elite and casual athletes alike — remain at the mercy of the Olympic system’s money-hungry priorities. Duration - 8h 46m. Author - Irvin Muchnick. Narrator - Bob Johnson. Published Date - Wednesday, 10 January 2024. Copyright - © 2024 Irvin Muchnick ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:17
Partial List of Characters
Duration:00:03:23
Prologue
Duration:00:33:19
Chapter 1
Duration:00:28:06
Chapter 2
Duration:00:17:12
Chapter 3
Duration:00:33:31
Chapter 4
Duration:00:29:37
Chapter 5
Duration:00:09:41
Chapter 6
Duration:00:17:27
Chapter 7
Duration:00:38:37
Chapter 8
Duration:00:36:01
Chapter 9
Duration:00:31:08
Chapter 10
Duration:00:18:14
Chapter 11
Duration:00:15:30
Chapter 12
Duration:00:35:22
Chapter 13
Duration:00:41:11
Chapter 14
Duration:00:39:48
Chapter 15
Duration:00:34:18
Chapter 16
Duration:00:31:36
Chapter 17
Duration:00:23:01
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:07:27
The Author
Duration:00:01:09
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:34