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U.S. Speedskating to oust executive director in ongoing shakeup

By Philip Hersh

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U.S. Speedskating is expected to announce later Monday that it has fired Executive Director Bob Crowley and replaced him with Brad Olch, the former mayor of Park City, Utah and a member of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Organizing Committee.

The move is part of a general shakeup in the federation that also included the dismissal of high performance director Guy Thibeault and communications director Peri Kinder.

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The changes were made by a unanimous vote of the federation’s board of directors.

-- Philip Hersh

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Philip Hersh

Philip Hersh, the former Olympic specialist for Tribune Co., covered 17 Olympics and reported from some 50 countries in 30 years with the Chicago Tribune. He likes to use sport as a way to write about the culture of a country or an athlete. Hersh graduated from Yale with a Bachelor of Arts in French literature. His passions include chamber music, road cycling (takes no PEDs except Advil) and Dr. Siri mysteries.

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