CEO Storey adjourns heated bobsled/skeleton AGM over voter eligibility concerns

A move by Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes to unseat Sarah Storey hit a snag this week with the abrupt adjournment of the federation's annual general meeting.

Storey, the president of the board and acting CEO of Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton, adjourned a heated meeting in Calgary on Thursday before there was any vote, walking out in a dramatic ending.

Storey and high performance director Chris Le Bihan, who left the AGM with Storey, have been the target of criticism for months from athletes who've decried what they call a toxic environment of maltreatment within the organization.

Tara McNeil, a 53-year-old sport physiologist from Calgary, has put her name forward for president, after she was approached by a group of athletes to run for the position. Storey hasn't announced whether she would seek a third four-year term.

In a video of the brouhaha, Storey takes the podium to announce the adjournment, leading to a loud outcry from many people in the room.

BCS said in a statement to The Canadian Press that the organization had received credible information that there may have been irregularities in the verification processes of voters from the provincial sport organizations.

"Although BCS has been working to verify these memberships, as at the date of the AGM, BCS has been unable to determine the BCS members who are eligible to vote, or to be elected as directors at this meeting," the statement said. "It is of the utmost importance to the board of directors of BCS that the fairness and integrity of the decisions to be made at the annual general meeting of BCS is preserved."

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BCS called a recess during the AGM to meet with legal counsel. The board of