Canada s Olympic bobsled champion Justin Kripps is becoming a coach. The move comes two weeks after the 35-year-old Olympic medalist announced he was retiring from competition after 16 years in the sport.
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Shaquille Murray-Lawrence says his dream to compete for Canada at this year's Beijing Olympics was thwarted by systemic discrimination within Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton and that he lost his position on team someone he out-performed.
Olympic champion Justin Kripps has thrown his weight behind Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes who are demanding change in their national sport organization, saying they "can't move forward until there is change at the top."