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submitted 3 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

A veteran sports commentator has been sacked from his Olympics role after making a sexist remark about Australian female swimmers following their gold medal win.

As the 4x100m freestyle relay team were making their way off the pool deck in Paris, Bob Ballard said they were "finishing up", adding "you know what women are like... hanging around, doing their make up".

The clip quickly went viral and broadcaster Eurosport later said he had been removed from the commentary line-up.

Ballard has yet to comment publicly on his remarks.

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[-] Th3master@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago

No that Bob is quite a bit older and hasn't got into sports broadcasting, at least not the last time I checked... ;)

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Iirc I think he was the one who reported on finding a bismark on the Titanic.

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