- Ballard was discussing Australia’s relay gold medallists
- Swimmers were ‘hanging around, doing their makeup’
The Olympic broadcaster Eurosport has removed Bob Ballard from its commentary team at Paris 2024 after he made a sexist remark about Australia’s female swimmers.
It came after the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team of Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris won gold on Saturday evening. In a clip that went viral on social media, Ballard said: “Well, the women just finishing up. You know what women are like … hanging around, doing their makeup.”
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/28/eurosport-drop-olympics-commentator-bob-ballard-for-sexist-remark-about-swimmers
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Publish date : 2024-07-28 21:49:07
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