Less than two weeks after High Performance Director Martin Barras tendered his resignation citing "integrity violations" at the Tokyo Olympics, sprint coach Rene Wolf announced his resignation.

Chief Executive Jack Landry, who will also return to his native Canada after nearly three years with Cycling New Zealand, will postpone his departure until later in the year due to work related to the independent investigative committee established in the wake of track athlete Olivia Podmore's sudden death.

Wolff, who won Olympic gold as part of the German team sprint team in Athens, joined Cycling New Zealand in late 2018 after working for the Dutch cycling team.

"After discussions over the past few weeks, Mr. Wolff has informed us that he has completed his current position and wishes to leave New Zealand," Landry said in a statement.

"We have begun looking for his replacement and hope to have the position filled by the start of the second quarter next year."

Cycling New Zealand did not elaborate further on the reasons for Wolf's resignation, and at the end of the statement said it could not answer further questions on the matter.

While a replacement is being sought, assistant sprint coach Fion Cullinane has been appointed interim head sprint coach. To fill Barras' vacancy, Cycling New Zealand appointed High Performance Paracycling Transition Manager and High Performance Coach Development Manager Amy Taylor as Interim High Performance Director.

Barras resigned at the end of November after an investigation by the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) found that the athlete changeover process during the cycling events at Tokyo 2020 was not in accordance with IOC and UCI regulations. As such, it was in violation of both the NZOC's Agreement and the IOC's Rules on Conduct and Participation in the Olympic Games.

According to Landry, Barras was not involved in the undisclosed incident, but as coach he was ultimately responsible for the actions of the New Zealand cycling team at the Olympics, and his resignation was offered and accepted.

This is not the first time in recent years that Cycling New Zealand has been the subject of an independent investigation, and the 2018 Heron report on the Cycling New Zealand High Performance Program found that during the review period the culture of the program was dysfunctional and concluded that there was a lack of accountability and effective leadership.

The NZOC investigation into the Tokyo Olympics integrity violations is now closed, but the independent investigation stemming from Olivia Podmore's death is still ongoing and will report in February 2022.