Rana Reider: US sprint coach given probation following sexual misconduct investigation

Allegations of intersexual misconduct were archetypal made against Reider successful 2021

US sprint manager Rana Reider has been fixed a one-year probation aft helium "acknowledged a consensual romanticist narration with an big athlete, which presented a powerfulness imbalance", according to his lawyer.

In a statement, lawyer Ryan Stevens said his 52-year-old lawsuit "was not recovered successful usurpation of immoderate different intersexual misconduct claims".

He added that the American "will proceed his elite level coaching of sprinters and jumpers".

The US Center for SafeSport, which carried retired the investigation, has declined to comment.

Law steadfast Griffen and Stevens said its lawsuit "has credibly and consistently denied each different allegations of intersexual misconduct".

It said his one-year probationary play volition see an online SafeSport Education course.

Reider has established himself arsenic 1 of the apical way and tract coaches successful the satellite having overseen the occurrence of respective elite athletes, including Canada's Olympic 200m champion Andre de Grasse and four-time triple leap satellite champion Christian Taylor.

The erstwhile UK Athletics worker coached British athletes including Adam Gemili and Daryll Neita.

UK Athletics has declined to remark but World Athletics said: "We recognize the US Center for SafeSport has issued a determination regarding the Rana Reider case.

"We person not yet had entree to it but arsenic soon arsenic we bash we volition see immoderate implications and pass further."

In 2021, British athletes were told by UK Athletics to chopped ties with Reider portion the US Center for SafeSport investigated the complaints, prompting Neita, 26, to permission Reider's Florida-based grooming radical to articulation Italian Marco Airale successful Padua.

But 400m sprinter Laviai Nielsen and erstwhile 200m European champion Gemili were taken disconnected UK Athletics' World Class Programme aft opting to enactment with the US coach.

Neita said she felt UK Athletics "blackmailed" athletes by removing backing from those who did not portion ways with Reider.

In November, temporary measures were imposed connected Reider, stating that helium could not transportation retired unsupervised coaching and restricting interaction with definite individuals portion the probe was carried out.

The US Center for SafeSport investigates claims of emotional, carnal and intersexual misconduct successful sport.