UK Sport: Only British Bobsleigh can discipline coach for alleged racist remarks

• Funding body says it is powerless to decide future of Lee Johnston
• UK Sport keen to get athletes ready for Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

UK Sport has put the onus on British Bobsleigh to decide the future of its disgraced head coach only four months before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

The Guardian revealed that Lee Johnston, who was promoted to the position of head coach just over a fortnight ago, allegedly made derogatory comments about black athletes in July 2013, including telling the squad member Toby Olubi: “I knew you would be late because you are black.” In the same training session he remarked: “Black drivers do not make good bobsleigh drivers.”

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2yf6QKA