The American Center for SafeSport (US Center for SafeSport) said that American athletics coach Ran Ryder was accused of sexual harassment. Reported by The Guardian.
According to the source, several athletes complained about the 51-year-old Ryder. After that, runners Adam Jemily and Daryl Neyte, who are his charges, were demanded to stop working with a specialist, otherwise they would be deprived of funding. Similar recommendations were sent to all British athletes who were going to train under Ryder’s guidance.
Under Ryder’s leadership, three athletes became Olympic champions: Canadian Andre De Grasse in the 200-meter run at the Tokyo Games, American Christian Taylor in the triple jump (2012 and 2016), Tiana Bartoletta, also representing the United States, in the long jump and relay race 4 x 100 meters.
In 2018, another high-profile scandal in American sports ended. Larry Nassar, a physician for the US artistic gymnastics team, was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison. The court found him guilty of sexually harassing gymnasts of the national team. More than 140 female athletes have filed charges against him, including Olympic champions Simone Biles, Alexandra Raisman, Gabriella Douglas and McKayla Maroney. Most of Nassar’s victims were minors.
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