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Medal Snub For Black Girl In Ireland SPARKS OUTRAGE In Resurfaced Video | Roland Martin
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11:46Now PlayingA video circulating on social media is gaining a lot of attention.
This March 2022 video is out of Ireland and shows the awarding of medals during a gymnastics meet where the only black girl is skipped over by the white woman awarding the medals.
Olympic champion Simone Biles condemned the incident and reached out to the young athlete.
Gymnastics Ireland says they issued a public apology for the incident after the girl's parents said the alleged snub was due to racism.
Here's part of what the Irish sporting body had to say about the resurfaced video:
"We are aware of a video that has been posted on social media relating to an incident that took place over 18 months ago at a GymSTART event in March 2022 for which we received a complaint from the parents of one of our members. Subsequently, both parties agreed to enter mediation which was independently facilitated by Sports Disputes Solutions Ireland as per our policy/procedure which led to a resolution agreed by both parties in August 2023."
According to reports, the young girl's mother said they have not received a genuine apology.
Gymnastics Ireland says the woman handing out the medals is no longer a member of the sporting body after she chose not to renew her membership.
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