Olympic commentator fired from position over sexist remarks towards female swimmers

Paris Olympics commentator Bob Ballard has been 'removed' after making a sexist comment about Australia's women's freestyle swim team

Poppy Bilderbeck

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Topics: Olympics, Sport

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

Olympic commentator fired from position over sexist remarks towards female swimmers

Paris Olympics commentator Bob Ballard has been 'removed' after making a sexist comment about Australia's women's freestyle swim team

Olympic commentator fired from position over sexist remarks towards female swimmers

Paris Olympics commentator Bob Ballard has been 'removed' after making a sexist comment about Australia's women's freestyle swim team

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