May 15, 2021; Irvine, California. Coach Rana Reider talks with an athlete during the Track Meet in a World Athletics Continental Tour competition at Crean Lutheran High School.
The Canadian Olympic Committee says it has revoked Olympic accreditation from sprinting coach Rana Reider.Rana Reider is shown in this May 2021 file photo. The track and field coach was stripped of his accreditation, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday. The Canadian Olympic Committee says it has revoked accreditation from the coach of six-time Olympic medal-winning sprinter Andre De Grasse.
The COC says "new information" has come to light about the appropriateness of accrediting Rana Reider. The organization says Reider was on probation with the U.S. Center for SafeSport until May of this year, and the decision to accredit him was based on the understanding that he had no other suspensions or sanctions against him.
The COC did not specify the nature of the new information, but did say that Reider was accredited only as a personal coach with access to athletic warm-up and training areas. U.K. media outlets have reported the decision is tied to safeguarding concerns and allegations of sexual and emotional abuse, and court documents filed in Broward County, Florida, shows three women filing suit against Reider there.WATCH l De Grasse advances directly into men's 200m semifinals:Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., finished second in his men's 200-metre first-round heat, with a time of 20.30 seconds, to advance directly into the semifinals at Paris 2024.
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