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'Hot' and 'unsafe': Former Iowa State coaches, gymnasts pan shuttered program's facility

By Danielle Lerner, Tommy Birch and Travis Hines, USA TODAYUSA Today

Iowa State coaches and gymnasts who were part of the program over the last 20 years described training in outdated and sometimes dangerous facilities.

In the summer of 2014, Iowa State gymnastics recruit Sydney Converse attended a camp the Cyclones' coaching staff hosted at the team's on-campus practice gym. Several other recruits were there, too, …