U.S. skeleton coach Tim Nardiello lost an appeal Tuesday that would have allowed him to join his Olympics-bound team at a World Cup competition this weekend in Germany. Nardiello, who has been on paid administrative leave since Dec. 31 after two sexual-harassment complaints were made against him, is expected to continue appealing in hopes of coaching the U.S. team at the Winter Olympics next month in Turin, Italy. The U.S. Olympic Committee will have the final say on whether Nardiello joins the team.
In other news, Zach Lund, America’s best hope for a medal in skeleton, has been suspended by the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) after he tested positive for an anti-baldness drug, which may mask performance-enhancing drugs, at a World Cup event last month.
Presumably, he just has problems with male-pattern baldness. Poor guy, not only does he have to face being thrown out of the sport he loves, but he also has to have his private concern over hair loss paraded in front of the world.
