One of Canada’s best women’s rowers is recovering from an eating disorder that developed in 2019.
It was her attempt to maintain a sense of control over what she said was an unhealthy relationship with former national women’s coach Dave Thompson that was spiralling out of hand.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
Rubin Thomlinson’s scathing report on its investigation, released Monday, found that Thompson’s negative affect on the program, and the lack of transparency from Rowing Canada around his dismissal, was one of the biggest issues, leaving a lasting blow. “We acknowledge the tremendous impact caused by an unhealthy high performance environment and recognize that we need to be better to ensure the safest environment possible.”
“I was a really happy person when I came into rowing. I would do my best every single day and I loved working hard. And this kind of took that away,” she added. “I really hated going into practice ⦠but it sort of also gives me peace of mind now in a weird way knowing I wasn’t crazy.”Article content
Another Olympic rower said that athletes continue to climb the podium “despite” the national organization. She questioned why coach Michelle Darvill wasn’t retained after guiding the women’s eight to Olympic gold. In 2021, Darvill was named both the Canadian coach of the year for all sports, by the Coaching Association of Canada and world rowing coach of the year.
“I have seen the culture consistently get worse and worse and worse. They burn out athletes and they burn up coaches. And then we get mad at the athletes for speaking up and saying ‘Hey, this is not healthy. This is not working.”‘
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