Kaillie Humphries has won an appeal to have abuse allegations investigated ©Getty Images

Canadian-born Olympic bobsleigh champion Kaillie Humphries has won an appeal to have her abuse allegations against a coach investigated again by Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS), two years since she made the accusations public.

BCS' original investigation said the evidence was insufficient of her claims of verbal and emotional abuse by head coach Todd Hays, high performance director Chris Le Bihan and President Sarah Storey, and lack of action in response by staff.

According to Robert Armstrong, the arbitrator for the Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC), the investigation was not thorough, fair or reasonable.

Humphries' legal team criticised the initial inquiry too.

"The investigator hired by BCS to look into their organisation failed to conduct the interviews with witnesses he was assigned to get statements from, made no effort to discern the credibility of the parties and made conclusive statements without any sufficient analysis to support his conclusion," said her representatives in a release.

Humphries defected from Canada to the United States due to the dispute and has won three world gold medals with her new country.

While representing Canada, she won two Olympic titles in the two-woman bobsleigh, followed by a bronze at Pyeongchang 2018.

BCS said it looked forward to the investigation.

Kaillie Humphries, left, winning gold at Sochi 2014 for Canada with Heather Moyse, right ©Getty Images
Kaillie Humphries, left, winning gold at Sochi 2014 for Canada with Heather Moyse, right ©Getty Images

"An arbitrator of the SDRCC has requested a reinvestigation of certain complaints made by Ms. Humphries," said BCS.

"The arbitrator at the same time upheld the dismissal of a complaint of retaliation made by Ms. Humphries, which alleged that her massage time had been purposefully reduced by BCS. 

"The arbitrator expressed no view of the allegations that will be reinvestigated. 

"The remaining allegations are that - allegations. 

"They will be reinvestigated."

The SDRCC ruling requires Bobsleigh Canada to appoint an SDRCC investigator.

Humphries made the switch to the US in 2019 after BCS were unable to meet her requirements for reinstatement.

These included the hiring of an additional full time pilot coach, a part time push coach, additional therapist, and a replacement high performance director through the Canadian Sport Institute Calgary to prevent further contact with Hays, Le Bihan and Storey.

She has since won world gold medals in the two-woman bobsleigh with Americans Lauren Gibbs and two-time world indoor hurdles champion Lolo Jones.