LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Worldwide Skating Union has changed its commentators on the determine skating world championships after an open mic picked up a demeaning comment directed at retired Canadian skater Meagan Duhamel.
The ISU stated Thursday it was “shocked” by the language and that it apologized to Duhamel.
Simon Reed made the remark on the finish of Wednesday’s pairs broadcast, apparently believing his microphone was off. It drew laughter from fellow commentator Nicky Slater.
“There isn't any place for harassing and abusive language or remarks and conduct in sport and our society,” the ISU stated on Twitter. “The ISU took immediate motion with its service supplier to droop each commentators with quick impact and neither will cowl any future determine skating occasions for the ISU.”
It pledged to launch an “inside investigation.”
“The ISU supplied its honest apologies to Ms. Duhamel for the inappropriate and unacceptable conduct of the 2 commentators,” the skating federation stated.
Duhamel, a two-time world champion in pairs and an Olympic champion within the crew occasion, had been essential of Reed and Slater’s commentary earlier within the competitors.
“Skating twitter, I hope all of us get pleasure from some superb skating in the present day,” Duhamel wrote Thursday. “I've obtained private apologies from Simon Reed and the ISU president and I don’t assume a public apology is important at this level. I respect and respect their apologies.”
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