Saturday, July 31, 2021

Meanwhile at the Olympics

The American fencing team is not happy to have Alen Hadzic representing the U.S. at the Tokyo Olympics.

Almost immediately after making it on to the roster, the 29-year-old was accused of sexual misconduct between 2013 and 2015 by three women.

Hadzic denies the allegations and successfully appealed a suspension that would have kept him off the U.S. team.

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The fencer was prohibited from staying in the Olympic village. Instead, he's been staying at a hotel nearby. He also was forced to travel to Tokyo separately from his teammates and forbidden from practicing with female teammates.

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Hadzic had been suspended from all fencing activities by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, an independent agency that investigates sexual abuse in Olympic sports. But weeks later, an arbitrator ruled that the suspension was "inappropriate to the allegations," The New York Times reported.

  NPR
Okay, so maybe he's innocent, but a suspension was definitely not "inappropriate to the allegations." The allegations were rape.
In the end, Hadzic, an alternate on the team, did not compete in the Games.
FFS. The whole thing could have been avoided by suspending him.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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