 To our focus to a developing story, news broke on Monday that two-time double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Hira has parted ways with her latest coaching addition Shaniki Osborn. Osborn joined Thompson-Hira's training group in July after the 31-year-old finished fifth in the 100m at Jamaica's World Championship Trials. Now a lot has been posted on social media and has been swirling in the local media in Jamaica and for the first time since the initial story broke on Monday, Thompson-Hira's camp has responded through a press release and that press release has come from Andesports Management, a representative of the five-time Olympic gold medalist and I'll read aspects of it for you. It says the professional separation came about due to a breakdown in negotiations on a compensation package for the services that would be provided by coach Osborn. The package proposed by the former coach by any measure of what is the norm for such services was extremely excessive and without any flexibility to negotiate by the other party collectively we had no choice but to seek the services of another coach. Mrs. Elaine Thompson-Hira benefited from the services of coach Osborn especially towards the end of the 2023 season and for that Mrs. Thompson-Hira is grateful and would like to express her thanks for her impact in a very short space of time. Now the release goes on to say with the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France fast approaching Mrs. Thompson-Hira is fully focused on her preparations for the season and the defense of her Olympic titles. In this regard we have undertaken a process to procure the services of a coach who would be able to ensure the high standards of Mrs. Thompson-Hira and that they are exceeded and her goals for the 2024 outdoor season are met and the final paragraph says once our search is complete and the final decision is made we will once again use this medium to officially notify the fans, followers, supporters and the general public. Rest assured that the best interest of Mrs. Thompson-Hira supersedes all other concerns and all decisions will be made to fortify her legacy as one of the world's premier female sprinters. That is the release coming from Ender Sports Management representatives of Elaine Thompson-Hira, the five-time Olympic gold medalist Lance and Mariah. Yeah, I would say no new information because I think all we got from that is you know confirmation that she has parted ways with her coach and we'll have to now sit back and wait on who will be leading the charges where Elaine Thompson-Hira is concerned. For me personally I have always expressed this feeling on the show. You won, you can't work with somebody if there's a rift you know at the end of the day we won the best for the athletes. So if it has reached a point I don't know how we got to this point because I think based on what we've seen from Elaine she appeared to be doing really well and improving getting back to where she was where we knew her you know dominating gold and everything under this coach. So how we got to here right now you know it needs a lot of clarity but as it stands you know I trust that her team knows what they're doing and we can get the Elaine back to her very best as we saw her at the Olympics. I want to say that Elaine Thompson-Hira has been one of my favorite athletes of all time whether male or female and I have a lot of admiration for her and I am very very concerned about what has been happening with her for the past season and so on. I remember when she had announced that Shanika Osburn would be her coach interim she made it quite clear that that it was an interim setup and she would see what happens and I'm not sure in hindsight now if there may have been even at that point some discussion about remuneration and whether she saw the partnership as long-term or not because I remember her being very cagey when she announced that Shanika Osburn would coach she said she will see how this goes and depending on how things are they will they will decide what happens you know in in the future I think that sort of narrative was pushed in the background though because her performances suddenly started improving and she ended up at the back end of the season showing clear signs that she was beginning to get back to the Elaine Thompson-Hira that we know so to hear this jolting story now that the partnership is ending because of a failure to come to an agreement over a payment package is is for me huge the disappointing and if we are to take the press release that we've just gotten from the Elaine Thompson-Hira camp you know at face value it seems as if they are being asked to pay Shanika Osburn a sum that is not reasonable yes which is which is what we are getting from the the press release so that's disappointing for me yeah yeah that's exactly what I got from the press release as well lands that whatever it is that Shanika Osburn was asking for was unreasonable and a figure that you could not reasonably expect to get out of a situation like this now what I also picked up from this is that her husband Darren Heera is not going to be the one coaching her and I did get information earlier today that any setup which includes Darren Heera as coach will only be a temporary one until the position has been filled which I think has been borne out in this press release that we have seen here today but I think ultimately Lance and Mariah how people feel about this story will come down to what you feel about how much was being requested by Shanika Osburn to coach Elaine Thompson here I'll tell you a quick story because I have heard a figure right I won't say what that figure is but I've heard a figure and I reached out to a couple individuals who are in the industry and who understand how the industry works and I put a scenario to them not this specific scenario but I put a scenario to them without giving them any details and I say in a situation like this this particular figure would this be a fear ask and they said to me both person said to me no this would this seems exorbitant okay the figure I put to them was half of what I heard was requested by coach Osburn to take charge of Elaine Thompson here and so if that figure is correct in my opinion there is there is no way you could have expected that out of a situation like this and I can understand from that standpoint why the situation is where it is but we look ahead now and we think who will the next coach be it is going to be a local coach it is not going to be Stephen Francis Stephen Francis has made that clear so I think we know that yes he has too late and leavey you don't you don't remember that story but I think I heard a subsequent narrative coming from him that maybe it is possible it's not going to be him it is not going to be him who it is going to be I guess based on the press release we will find out soon but what I know at least is that she is definitely going to be staying in Jamaica because there have been rumors that she might have been looking overseas as well but from my information she is definitely going to be staying in Jamaica so I guess we'll wait and see where that will go okay more to come on this issue I'm sure we'll take a break for now though we'll be back with more