Watch | Gymnastics federation snubs black young girl during medal ceremony in Ireland, apologises after 18-month
livemint.com(Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels: Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights! Click here!) "What happened on the day should not have happened and for that, we are deeply sorry," said the statement. "We would like to make it absolutely clear that (GI) condemns any form of racism whatsoever," it added.
US gymnast Simone Biles also condemned the video. It "broke my heart to see...
There is no room for racism in any sport or at all," Biles, a seven-time Olympic medallist wrote on X, formerly Twitter. In an earlier statement GI defended the official who it said had made an "honest error" but the girl's mother told an Irish newspaper Sunday that she believed the gymnast was ignored due to her identity."Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels
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