Statement comes as it emerges that head of Ireland’s sporting authority told family girl’s treatment was not racist
Ireland’s sports ministry has said that a young gymnast
Gymnastics great Simone Biles, respecting a family request for privacy, sent the girl a private video message. Other supporters included Harry Edwards – the sociology professor who inspired the iconic protests at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics by founding the Olympic Project for Human Rights. Perry Ogden, the CEO of Sports Against Racism Ireland, also witnessed the conversation, and confirmed McCue’s recollection of her comments.
In her initial emails the girl’s mother was clear that she was worried about systemic racism and the safety of all young athletes in the sport, and was not only seeking a response to the distress and pain her daughter had endured. 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.
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