Rana Reider, a coach of Olympic champion sprinters Andre De Grasse and Lamont Marcell Jacobs, has had his accreditation for the Paris Games revoked amid allegations of sexual and emotional abuse.
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) made the decision to pull Reider’s accreditation on Monday after a report from The Times on Sunday first revealed three female athletes had filed lawsuits against the longtime coach.
Reider was a personal coach to De Grasse, the Tokyo 200m champion, in Paris. De Grasse competed in the 100m event over the weekend and has qualified for the 200m semi-finals. Tokyo 100m champion Jacobs, another of Reider’s athletes, finished fifth in the 100m final on Sunday.
A statement from the COC read: “Rana Reider was accredited as a personal coach, with access only to the athletics warm-up area and training venues.
“The decision to provide him with that access was based on the understanding that his probation with the US Center for Safe Sport ended in May this year, that he had no other suspensions or sanctions, and otherwise met our eligibility requirements.
“On Sunday August 4th we learned of new information about the appropriateness of Mr Reider remaining accredited by Team Canada at the Paris 2024 Games.
“In discussion with Athletics Canada, it was…
 made the decision to pull Reider’s accreditation on Monday after a report from The Times on Sunday first revealed three female athletes had filed lawsuits against the longtime coach. Reider was a personal coach to De Grasse, the Tokyo 200m champion, in Paris. De Grasse competed in the 100m event over the weekend and has qualified for the 200m semi-finals.){kind=link}