U.S. Olympic Chief Resigns After Admitting She Lied on Her Resume
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The president of the U.S. Olympic Committee resigned Friday after revelations that academic information in her official biography was inaccurate.
Sandra Baldwin, the first woman to head the U.S. Olympic Committee, resigned on Friday after admitting she lied about her academic credentials, the committee said.
U.S. Olympic Committee President Sandra Baldwin admitted yesterday to misrepresenting her academic credentials on her biographical summary, a disclosure that could force her to give up her USOC post and other high - ranking positions in international sport.
Sandra Baldwin stepped down as president of the U.S. Olympic Committee yesterday amid controversy stemming from her admission Thursday that she falsified information on her biographical summary.
Prior to this week's revelations, Baldwin had done much to enhance the USOC's stature in international sport, helping to change perceptions that the United States was isolationist and self - absorbed in the world of sport.
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