Peter Foley denied the accusations of sexual misconduct that were made by a former athlete.
A U.S. Olympic snowboarding coach is under investigation after a former athlete accused him of inappropriate behavior. Callan Chythlook-Sifsof, who competed with the national team in snowboard cross for about a decade, including at the 2010 Vancouver Games, said in a series of Instagram posts on Friday that Peter Foley, the longtime coach of the U.S. snowboarding team, took “naked photos of female athletes for over a decade.” She described a broad culture of sexual misconduct, including an episode in which Foley, she said, made sexual remarks toward her and another snowboarder. Foley, who is in China for the Winter Olympics, denied any wrongdoing. “I was totally surprised by the allegations,” he told The New York Times on Saturday. “I vehemently deny the allegations. I’ve been doing my best to concentrate on supporting the athletes at the Olympics.” Chythlook-Sifsof also accused Hagen Kearney, an American snowboarder who competed at the Beijing Games on Thursday, of repeatedly harassing her in 2014 with a racial epithet.
