BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian national swim coach Laszlo Kiss resigned on Thursday after an old conviction for a sex crime resurfaced in local media earlier this week, reigniting a public outcry.
The Hungarian Swimming Association had stood by Kiss, 75, who was convicted in 1961 and served 20 months of a three-year prison sentence for taking part in the gang-rape of a young swimmer.
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