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Former Irish Olympic swimming coach George Gibney to be sentenced

The seventy-seven-year-old fled to the United States before decades of effort to track and extradite him ended, and he will be sentenced at Dublin's central criminal court Monday.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentGeorge Gibney, the former Irish Olympic swimming coach, is to be sentenced in Dublin on Monday. He is seventy-seven.

  2. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentHe abused young athletes in the nineteen seventies and eighties, and fled to the United States.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Guardian says it took decades of effort to track him and extradite him.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFor the survivors, that is a very long wait to be heard.

  5. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentYes. Monday is the day the court finally answers them.

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