The Case Management Group (CMG) of World Athletics has suspended Mike Powell (USA) indefinitely for a Safeguarding Concern, following a referral by the AIU. pic.twitter.com/lUws0p7zXv
When Mike Powell coached at CSUF he was fired for having sex with an athlete. Perhaps its something like that, and before I get flamed, thats why he was let go, per Coach John Elders.
When Mike Powell coached at CSUF he was fired for having sex with an athlete. Perhaps its something like that, and before I get flamed, thats why he was let go, per Coach John Elders.
Can you post a source for this? Was this word of mouth or is it written / published somewhere?
He was listed as a coach on the 2024 roster but not 2025. Either he did not coach this year or maybe they removed him from the website and forgot about prior years.
Mike Powell joined the Azusa Pacific track & field coaching staff in the fall of 2022. With the Cougars, Powell will coach the horizontal jumps. Powell was a
World athletics has a formal definition of safeguarding concern:
“Safeguarding Concern” means any Prohibited Conduct or any concern, incident, suspicion, action, behaviour or failure to act in a way which has caused or which causes or which may cause Abuse, Harassment or Exploitation of an Adult or Child.” xemptyzxemptyz
World athletics has a formal definition of safeguarding concern:
“Safeguarding Concern” means any Prohibited Conduct or any concern, incident, suspicion, action, behaviour or failure to act in a way which has caused or which causes or which may cause Abuse, Harassment or Exploitation of an Adult or Child.”
Yikes. The bold part means that most of the posters on LRC would get longterm bans, especially the boys who endlessly comment about women's looks. A compliment (has a nice ...) is harassment. Fat-shaming is abuse.