U.S. Ski and Snowboard says it’s investigating Alaska athlete Callan Chythlook-Sifsof's allegations of racially and sexually abusive conduct by a top coach and another snowboarder competing at the Beijing Olympics:
Chythlook-Sifsof also said Hagen Kearney, a two-time U.S. Olympic snowboarder, “routinely and continuously” used racial slurs and made rape jokes about female members of the U.S. Snowboard Team.“I had to put on armor. I’m not being dramatic,” she said. “I had to put on armor and mentally prepare to be around those people.”
Kearney, who competed Thursday in Beijing, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did Foley. In a statement, a spokesman for U.S. Ski and Snowboard, the sport’s governing body, said that Foley “remains as U.S. Snowboardcross team head coach while all recent allegations are being investigated.”Chythlook-Sifsof could not immediately be reached for comment.
Cases are investigated by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, which opened in 2017 to handle harassment and other abuse allegations inside U.S. sports, according to the Associated Press.Nathaniel Herz is a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News. He’s been a reporter in Alaska for nearly a decade, with stints at ADN and Alaska Public Media. He’s reported around the state and loves cross-country skiing.
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