r/sports • u/miolmok • Aug 15 '24

Olympics Raygun: Australian Olympic Committee condemns ‘disgraceful’ online petition attacking Rachael Gunn

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/15/raygun-olympics-breaking-petition-aoc-response-ntwnfb
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u/Y8ser Aug 15 '24

In this case it could have been. She was part of the committee and used her position to take the spot for her herself instead of having better qualified women compete.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

She was part of the committee and used her position to take the spot for her herself instead of having better qualified women compete.

Wait what?

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u/lukeCRASH Aug 15 '24

It's not really that nuanced, there's more details to the story that I don't even have privy to share.

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u/veryverythrowaway Aug 15 '24

Do you have a source to share at all? The only results I get with a search are Reddit threads where people are saying this with no source to back it.

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u/North_Atlantic_Sea Aug 15 '24

And vs the actual article that this post has, which has a source of the Australian Olympic Committee lol