Eugene. Olympic 200m medalist Adam Jamili disappeared in the trials.
After that, he exploded in the mixed zone and accused parts of the British press of intimidating him regarding the fact that his coach Rana Ryder had his credential withdrawn from the World Cup after an investigation into sexual harassment.
– He was very terrible, he says in a long and noisy quarrel in the mixed zone.
Rana Ryder trains some of the best runners in the world at her training group in Florida. They include Marvin Brassey and Travon Brommel, who won 100m medals here in Eugene, as well as Britain’s Adam Gemelli, who won a medal at the Rio Olympics.
However, Reider was not allowed to continue the competitions. His World Cup accreditation was withdrawn after the US Safe Sport organization launched an investigation into sexual harassment at his training group.
Despite this, he was discovered outside the gates of the warm-up circuit before the 100m races and had to be escorted by the police.
“Nothing is my fault”
Reider’s media coverage has been going on for a long time United kingdom It led, among other things, to the Britons who remained and trained with Ryder during the investigation to get rid of all their financial support.
But Adam Gemelli and Daryl Neta chose to stay, unlike, among others, three-step star Christian Taylor. Jamili in particular has been the subject of a number of headlines in the British press. Which led to a big battle in the mixed zone after 200 meter attempts. Al-Jumaili launched a violent attack on a reporter from The Times who exposed many news related to Rana Rider.
All I want is to focus on running but you did it terribly. None of this is my fault, not yours either, but you attacked me and frightened me, he says and continues:
– Physically I’m better than ever but mentally it was awful.
Apologize
When asked how he sees the option to stay in the group, he replied:
– I was already in the United States when the decision was made and I do not intend to assume that the coach I trained with for several years was guilty before the investigation was completed. I’ve spoken to Safe Sport and they say there’s no problem with my staying, Jamili says.
Then another long exchange of words occurred.
– There are a lot of stars in this group and despite that, my name is in the headlines all the time. Of course it’s embarrassing to see headlines like coach Adam Jamili being taken care of by the police.
Sportbladet asked the designated journalist for comment but abstained from voting.
Later in the evening, Adam Jamili apologized on Twitter.
– I apologize for my efforts there. No excuse except that I wasn’t good enough. It is entirely up to me. I should not make the comments I made to the press when I was interviewed. I understand that they have a job to do and that there has been a lot of work to deal with and I hope you can understand that, he writes.