US Snowboard Coach, Rider Being Investigated For Misconduct
Feb 12, 2022, 3:32 PM
Hagen Kearney of Team United States performs a trick during the Men's Snowboard Cross Qualification on Day 6 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park on February 10, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)
(Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — U.S. Ski & Snowboard is investigating allegations that longtime Olympic coach Peter Foley took naked pictures of female athletes and that Olympic snowboard racer Hagen Kearney used racist language to provoke a teammate.
Both are in China at the Beijing Games this week.
Former snowboardcross rider Callan Chythlook-Sifsof wrote in an Instagram post that Foley had taken naked photos of female athletes and made inappropriate comments.
Team USA Olympians Faye Gulini and Hagen Kearney teach you the essentials and lingo of #snowboard cross. pic.twitter.com/AiyZUfDOzl
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She also wrote that Kearney repeatedly used the N-word. Foley denied the allegations to The Associated Press.
A message sent to the company representing Kearney was not immediately returned.
