Rowing Canada parts ways with performance directors after Olympic disappointment
Rowing Canada is parting ways with the heads of both its men’s and women’s programs in the wake of this summer’s disastrous showing at the Rio Olympics.
Martin McElroy is leaving his post as men’s performance director after 3 1/2 years, while John Keogh, who has been with the women since 2010, is returning home to take a job with Rowing Australia.
The announcements were made on Rowing Canada’s website late Wednesday.
Donna Atkinson, CEO of the sport’s national governing body, told The Canadian Press in a phone interview Thursday that both McElroy and Keogh’s contracts were up at the end of the month and that they had decided to move on.