Black girl at centre of Irish gymnastics race row ‘badly let down’, says ministry
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Statement comes as it emerges that head of Ireland’s sporting authority told family girl’s treatment was not racist

Video of the event in March 2022 shows a judge handing out medals for participation to a line of young gymnasts, but ignoring the only black girl. A photographer, coach and other officials fail to intervene. A mediation settlement reached with the family involved the judge taking anti-racism training.

  • AnonStoleMyPantsEnglish
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    1 year ago

    None of these organisations made any public comment on the girl’s treatment at the time and it would be another year before the family got an apology from Gymnastics Ireland, after the video went viral internationally.

    Holy shit. A fucking year? And obviously only after this thing went viral. They just hoped that nobody paid enough attention and that it would all blow over. And no comment during this happening. Disgraceful behaviour.