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Line 194: === Alex Bard === In 2019, Gymnastics Canada released a statement stating that national WAG team coach, Alex Bard, had resigned from his position ~~due to~~for personal reasons.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Gymnastics Canada \|date=19 June 2019 \|title=Resignation of Alex Bard – National Team Coach (WAG) \|url=https://www.gymcan.org/news/details/2019_WAG_BARD-RESIGN_June2019 \|access-date=8 June 2023 \|website=Gymnastics Canada}}</ref><ref name=":34">{{Cite web \|last=Long \|first=Jamie \|date=7 November 2022 \|title=Gymnastics Canada CEO promoted prominent coach despite complaints \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/gymnastics-canada-promote-coach-despite-alleged-behaviour-1.6639395 \|access-date=8 June 2023 \|website=CBC News}}</ref> However media reports soon claimed that Bard was pushed out, which was confirmed by other GymCan staff members including GymCan CEO, Ian Moss, who stated that Bard had failed to improve on repeated incidents of inappropriate behaviour.<ref name=":34" /> However, in the aftermath, details were revealed that Bard had been known to kiss young gymnasts on the lips, including on televised sporting events, harassing female coaches and touching female gymnasts inappropriately such as on the buttocks, with a complaint being taken directly to Moss in 2017 before Bard was promoted from GymCan's high performance director to GymCan WAG head coach.<ref name=":34" />

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