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Women Athletes Denounce The US Olympic Committee For Sex Trafficking ◼️ They allege that they were forced to train and travel with known sexual predators. Four women athletes have denounced the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the Taekwondo Federation (USA TKD) for sex trafficking, alleging that they were forced to train and travel with known sexual predators.

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USA TODAY: Lopez family looks to add to Olympic medal haul

March 6, 2012 (SUGAR LAND, Texas) – As Jean Lopez is proud to point out, only two countries —South Korea and Taiwan — have more Olympic taekwondo medals than the five his family has won.

By Matt Detrich, USA TODAY

Steven Lopez (left) delivers a kick to the mid-section of Cote d’ Ivoire’s Sebastien N’guessan Konan during the 2008 Beijing Games.

And the Lopez siblings are back for more.

“To have siblings agree on anything — like what to have for dinner — takes a small miracle,” he says. “To have all the siblings doing the same sport and not just being somewhat successful but being the most successful family in the world…as I’m getting older, I’m realizing how spectacular and how miraculous it really is.”

Jean, the oldest, was the first to take up taekwondo. He won medals at more than 30 competitions, including silver at the 1995 world championships, before retiring in 1998 to focus on coaching his siblings.

When taekwondo became an Olympic sport in 2000, the next oldest, Steven, now 33, was ready. He won Olympic gold in 2000 and 2004.

In 2008, Mark, now 29, and Diana, 28, also qualified for the Games. Mark won silver, and Steven and Diana won bronze.

“It’s always been fun,” Mark says. “I think that’s why we’ve been so successful, because we love it. And we love doing it together.”

They’ll be together, as usual, at Saturday’s Olympic trials in Colorado Springs, where London Games berths will be on the line. Spectators won’t see much change from four years ago.

“Things haven’t really evolved that much,” Mark says. “Jean’s still the head, the mastermind behind it all. Steven’s still the stud. He’s the guy that is always in the clutch. And Diana and I are always inspired by him as an athlete, and inspired by my brother Jean as the coach.”

No one is talking of retiring. But when they do, it’s likely the next generation of Lopezes will be ready to take their place.

Jean has three children — Alyxandra, 12, Diego, 8, and Andreas, 4. Alyxandra and Diego already are training with their father, and with Steven and Diana.

“They feed off the energy, they see the energy, they see what it takes — the sacrifice,” Steven says. “So if this is something they want to pursue, it’s here for them.”

Friends and family joke that Steven might be competing alongside his niece and nephews at a future Olympics.

“I don’t know if that’s going to happen, but to be able to coach them would be very rewarding,” he says. “I know Jean, being the dad, gets really nervous coaching his own children. But if that’s something I can do in return for all the years that he’s sat in my chair, that would be awesome.”

It could lead to the Lopezes keeping their spot in the medals table. “It is pretty amazing,” Diana says. “My parents, who came from Nicaragua to the U.S.— who would have thought that they would have American kids on the Olympic team? I think that’s the epitome of the Olympic dream.”