Canadian bobsleigh and skeleton athletes have reiterated their demand for the resignation of the leaders of their national sports association.
Posted at 10:47 a.m.
A group of now more than 80 athletes delivered a letter to Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BSC) on Monday morning saying they are committed to calling for the immediate resignation of President Sarah Storey and High Performance Director Chris Le Bihan.
This letter follows the national body’s plan to engage an independent third-party mediator to address athlete concerns.
An initial group of more than 60 athletes, both current team members and retired athletes, had complained to BSC about culture, safety, transparency and governance issues, saying staff were taking arbitrary decisions on issues such as team selection based on bias, and cared little about athlete safety, among other issues.
This comes a few weeks after the closing of the Beijing Olympics, where Justin Kripps guided the Canadian four-man to a bronze medal and fellow Canadian Christine de Bruin won bronze in the monobob.
The athletes say they are standing by their initial call for the immediate resignations, or “at the very least” for these people to be removed from their positions immediately pending the completion of the investigation.