Three-time Olympic medalist Dennis Mitchell will remain as a U.S. track and field relays coach through the Rio Olympics after USA Track and Field clarified a rule change, according to Reuters.
Mitchell coaches top U.S. sprinter Justin Gatlin and resigned in February as a U.S. relays coach due to a new rule that prohibits the coach of an athlete likely to be part of the relay pool from coaching a relay.
But since Mitchell was a relays coach before the rule was put into place, he will now remain a relays coach through at least the Rio Olympics, according to USA Track and Field.