Mother Of Black Girl Who Was Not Given A Medal At Irish Gymnastics Event Speaks Out

Mother Of Black Girl Who Was Not Given A Medal At Irish Gymnastics Event Says Apology Is Useless

A video has resurfaced from an event in Dublin Ireland last year. The video shows a gymnastics event that followed with an award ceremony giving each participant a medal. Each girl received a medal except for the young black gymnast.

The Mother of the mistreated gymnast has recently spoke out about the incident stating the following; “it’s like they blamed her for being black”.

She also stated the incident was “horrendous” according to BBC news. An apology was issued by the Ireland Gymnastics on Monday, stating “we apologize for the upset that has been caused”, then proceeded to state “nothing like this will happen again.”

 

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The mother of the mistreated child says she believes an apology was only issued after 18 months because the pressure was coming down on them. The mom said “the apology is almost useless”.

“I cried for so long and then millions of people cried with me before I could get this.” The event GymStart was held at the Irish capital in March 2022.

Since the incident has occurred the family’s case was taken up by the campaign group, Sport Against Racism Ireland and American civil rights activist Professor Harry Edwards has also got involved with helping the family. Edwards contacted gymnast world champion Simone Biles, who sent the family a very supportive video stating;

“I wanted to let you know that I saw how you were treated at your GymStart event recently. I was completely shocked. I want you to know that you deserve a medal just like the other girls.” Thankfully the young Queen is continuing to do gymnastics. I know that’s right!