It was Saturday evening when the quartet of Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris gained their fourth gold medal in a row within the 4x100m freestyle.
The Australian swimmers had been simply exiting the pool, greeting followers and getting into the bowels of the stadium amidst the media when Ballard launched dwell:
“ what ladies are like…
Fellow commentator and British swimming champion Lizzie Simmonds ignored the inappropriate remark, calling it “appalling”. Ballard’s response? He was simply laughing his lungs out.
Nonetheless, Ballard has been getting numerous flak from sports activities followers on social media. Then on Sunday, Eurosport introduced that that they had determined to droop Ballard with fast impact.
“In the course of the Eurosport broadcast, commentator Bob Ballard made an inappropriate remark. Subsequently, he was instantly faraway from our record of reporters,” the TV station stated.
2024-07-29 10:12:41
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