PARIS, July 29 — Television broadcaster Eurosport on Sunday removed a commentator from its Paris Olympics coverage after he made a sexist remark during the swimming competition.
Bob Ballard made the comment about Australia’s swimmers after they won the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay gold on Saturday.
In a clip which went viral on social media, Ballard said: “Well, the women just finishing up. You know what women are like... hanging around, doing their make-up.”
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Ballard’s co-commentator Lizzie Simmonds called the remark “outrageous”.
“During a segment of Eurosport’s coverage last night, commentator Bob Ballard made an inappropriate comment,” Eurosport said in a statement.
“To that end, he has been removed from our commentary roster with immediate effect.”
There was no immediate reaction from Ballard. — AFP
