While the watching experience and timing for the 2024 Paris Olympics isn’t quite as challenging for Canadian viewers as it was for Tokyo 2020 or Beijing 2022, a good chunk of action during these Games happens when plenty of Canadians are fast asleep.
Whether you were crushing some zzz’s, busy at work, had family activities to partake in or just didn’t have a chance to tune in, we have you covered throughout these Olympics from start to finish, with Team Canada currently sitting at 17 medals.
What to watch from Team Canada today:
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Basketball: Men’s team will play against France in the quarterfinals at 12 p.m. ET
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Artistic swimming: Team Canada will compete in the team free routine at 1:30 p.m. ET
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Hammer Throw: Camryn Rogers will compete in the women’s final beginning at 1:47 p.m. ET
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Track: Savannah Sutherland will compete in the women’s 400m hurdles semifinal at 2:07 p.m. ET
Here’s what you may have missed on Day 11, including an alleged sexual-abuse scandal that got Andre De Grasse’s coach kicked out of the Olympics.
Canadian Olympic Committee pulls accreditation from De Grasse coach Rana Reider
The Canadian Olympic Committee says it has revoked the accreditation of sprinter Andre De Grasse’s coach, Rana Reider, after “new information” on the latter’s alleged sexual and emotional assault came to light.
The COC did not specify the nature of said information, but added that Reider was on “probation” with the U.S. Center for SafeSport until May of 2024, and the COC’s decision to accredit Reider for the Paris Olympics was done with the understanding he had no other sanctions against him.
According to the Canadian Press, Reider’s accreditation has been taken away over concerns about the “safeguarding” of athletes along with allegations of abuse — both sexual and emotional. Court documents filed in Florida reportedly indicate multiple women filed suit against the coach over those allegations.
“On Sunday Aug. 4 we learned of new information about the appropriateness of Mr. Reider remaining accredited by Team Canada at the Paris 2024 Games,” the COC wrote in a statement. “In discussion with Athletics Canada, it was agreed that Mr. Reider’s accreditation be revoked.”
BREAKING
The Canadian Olympic Committee has revoked the accreditation of Rana Reider. He is Andre De Grasse’s personal coach, as well as other athletes here.
This comes after reports of allegations Reider sexually and emotionally abused three athletes.
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— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) August 6, 2024
Reider’s lawyer, meanwhile, is claiming his client had his accreditations revoked and was denied the ability to continue coaching athletes at the Paris Games without due process, calling the allegations “years-old claims in a lawsuit by former athletes seeking financial gain.”
Reider — who has also coached Tokyo Olympics 100-metre champion Marcell Jacobs, among others — has denied the allegations contained in the first of three lawsuits, according to the Canadian Press, and has filed a counterclaim alleging defamation. The two other claims were filed in June and a response has yet to be filed.
