Eurosport commentator Bob Ballard has been faraway from the broadcaster’s protection of the Olympic Video games after he made a sexist comment concerning Australia’s feminine swimmers.
After securing gold within the girls’s 4x100m freestyle relay, Australia’s quartet – consisting of Emma McKeon, Shayna Jack, Mollie O’Calloghan and Meg Harris – made their method out of the Paris Aquatic Centre.
At this level, skilled commentator Ballard stated: ‘Nicely, the ladies simply ending up. You realize what girls are like… hanging round, doing their make-up.’
A clip of the remark has since gone viral on social media and Eurosport has opted to behave swiftly, eradicating Ballard from their protection of the continued Olympics.
A commentator has been eliminated for making a sexist comment about Australia’s swimmers
Eurosport commentator Bob Ballard has been faraway from the Paris Olympics
‘Throughout a phase of Eurosport’s protection final evening, commentator Bob Ballard made an inappropriate remark,’ an announcement from the broadcaster learn.
‘To that finish, he has been faraway from our commentary roster with quick impact.’
Lizzie Simmonds, who was alongside Ballard on commentary obligation, described the remark as ‘outrageous’.
Ballard has but to remark publicly since making the comment which has prompted outrage on-line.
He didn’t instantly reply to DailyMail.com’s e mail requesting remark.
The embarrassing second comes as Paris organisers have promoted the occasion as ‘The Equal Video games’, with the IOC celebrating the truth that girls now make up 50 p.c of its contributors.
