SafeSport Center to offer free training courses this week

By Canadian Press on August 4, 2025.

DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Center for SafeSport is offering free training this week to 500 people as part of International Safe Sport Day, which takes place Friday.

The center’s “SafeSport Trained Course” is part of a series that teaches about recognizing factors that make athletes more vulnerable to abuse and knowing when and how to report abuse and misconduct.

The Denver-based center was opened in 2017 to combat sex abuse in U.S. Olympic sports. It considers training among its core missions and receives a federal grant worth more than $2 million each year that is dedicated to courses that provide certification to coaches and other adults who oversee kids in youth sports.

The free courses are being offered to people outside the Olympic and Paralympic movement who would otherwise need to purchase the course. Registration is open this week on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Associated Press

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