World Athletics awaits report into Rana Reider after coach reveals sanction

World Athletics is awaiting a US Center for SafeSport report into Rana Reider after the renowned sprint coach revealed he had been sanctioned for a relationship that “presented a power imbalance” with one of his athletes.

Reider, who guided Andre de Grasse to the Olympic 200m title and also coached British athletes Adam Gemili and Daryll Neita before they left him, will now have to undergo a 12-month probation after acknowledging his behaviour. However his lawyer, Ryan Stevens, said that Reider “was not found in violation of any other sexual misconduct claims” made against him.

The Guardian understands that may not be the end of the matter as there could be further repercussions once World Athletics and the Athletics Integrity Unit have seen the full US SafeSport report.

Last year Reider was denied accreditation to the world championships in Eugene as a result of the investigation against him, before being subsequently cautioned by police after gaining unauthorised access to the athlete warm-up area before the world 100m final. It is understood that World Athletics could yet exercise that right again for this year’s event in Budapest, while USA Track & Field were also discussing their response on Wednesday evening.

The Guardian first broke the story of the US Safesport investigation into Reider over sexual misconduct claims in November 2021 , after which it emerged that he had had an alleged affair with a teenage British athlete 26 years his junior when she was 18 and he was UK Athletics sprints and relays lead.

UKA also confirmed it had conducted an internal investigation into Reider in 2014 and that its contract with the coach was terminated “soon after”. It also said that an inquiry now would be handled differently.

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