Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Gymnast Jeanette Antolin is one of more than 300 sexual abuse victims of the U.S. national team physician Larry Nassar. In 1999, she competed at the Pan American Games, where she helped the U.S. win a team silver medal in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Now she is part of the group that today won a $500 million settlement with Michigan State University, for whom Nassar worked. Jeanette Antolin joins us now. Welcome. JEANETTE ANTOLIN: Thank you so much. SHAPIRO: What does this decision today, this settlement mean to you? ANTOLIN: I think it - I mean, it feels like a great victory for me and my sister survivors. It means that there was an organization that failed all of us, and finally they've stepped up and settled the case. SHAPIRO: Have you and other survivors been talking today? What have you heard from them? ANTOLIN: Yeah, we've talked amongst ourselves - a few of us. And we just feel empowered all over again. It
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