The International Boxing Association wants Canada's high performance director Daniel Trepanier banned from the women's world championships.
In a letter sent to Boxing Canada on Friday, the IBA said it has pulled Trepanier's accreditation for the world championships that open Sunday in Istanbul.
Neither Trepanier nor the Canadian athletes had checked into their hotel Friday when the letter was sent, and the IBA planned to set aside Trepanier's accreditation. Canada has four women competing at the world championships, which are being held for the first time since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Priyanka Dhillon , Scarlett Delgado , Charlie Cavanagh , and Tammara Thibeault .
Three-time world champion Mary Spencer told The Canadian Press that Trepanier "should have been fired a long time ago."" 100-per-cent set us up to fail, he'd set up an obligation, but the obligation was unfulfillable, it was impossible to do it,'' Bernier said. "That situation was a landmine, and he was looking for me just to step on it."