Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse has a new home and a new coach.
The six-time Olympic medallist and partner Nia Ali, an American hurdler, have moved to Orlando to work with Irishman John Coghlan, but De Grasse said the move was more about a fresh start heading into the 2024 Paris Olympics than controversy around his former coach Rana Reider.
Reider, who has guided a number of the world's top sprinters and jumpers to Olympic and world medals, is being investigated by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for sexual misconduct. The fallout after news broke in November of 2021 saw Athletics Canada withdraw its funding for coaching for Canadian athletes training with Reider and his Tumbleweed Track Club in Jacksonville, Fla. UK Athletics pulled its funding entirely for any British athletes training there.
The 28-year-old De Grasse, who is in Toronto this week for his Andre De Grasse Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament, won Olympic gold in the 200 metres under Reider in Tokyo. His three medals there brought his Olympic total to six, making him Canada's most decorated male summer Olympian. "Some of the things I've done in the past are similar, and then there are some things kind of philosophy, method," De Grasse said. "So I'm still getting to learn a little bit about him and the program."
"I felt like I wanted a little bit more attention to detail and stuff like that going into my next Olympics," said De Grasse, who's living in an Airbnb in Orlando until the family moves into a new house next month. "I'm getting older, so I was just trying to try to do something different this time around. So, hopefully having a smaller crew will help me with my performances.
He was thrilled to be back hosting his basketball tournament, which ran in his hometown of Markham, Ont., for three years before COVID-19. This year's event in Scarborough, where De Grasse grew up playing basketball for the Scarborough Blues, saw four division champions crowned Wednesday.
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