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- Group GB officers are trying right into a screengrab of a WhatsApp dialog
- Rugby sevens star Amy Wilson-Hardy is alleged to have made the remark
- Wilson-Hardy began in Group GB’s match in opposition to South Africa on Monday
Group GB rugby sevens participant Amy Wilson-Hardy has withdrawn from the Olympic Video games amid an investigation into an alleged racist message.
The British Olympic Affiliation launched an investigation into an alleged publish made by Wilson-Hardy in a WhatsApp dialog, which was then posted on Instagram.
Wilson-Hardy had featured in Group GB’s 17-7 quarter-final defeat to the US on Monday.
The 32-year-old has now withdrawn from placement matches on the Video games, with the BOA citing ‘medical grounds’.
‘The British Olympic Affiliation has confirmed that Amy Wilson Hardy has been withdrawn on medical grounds from the rugby sevens placement matches and might be changed by Tokyo 2020 Olympian Abi Burton,’ a BOA assertion learn.
BOA officers are investigating a a screengrab of a WhatsApp dialog which seems to indicate rugby sevens participant Amy Wilson-Hardy making an allegedly racist remark
The leaked screenshot appeared to indicate Wilson-Hardy carrying a dark-coloured facemask, with the rugby sevens participant allegedly posting ‘Thought I might have a greater likelihood with the blacks’ in response to a remark
Her substitute Burton performed in Britain’s 19-15 loss to China of their 5-8 putting match on Tuesday afternoon.
Mail Sport completely revealed on Monday that the BOA have been investigating the publish.
Officers are trying right into a screengrab of a WhatsApp dialog which allegedly includes Group GB and England ahead Amy Wilson-Hardy and an unnamed third occasion.
Inside it, there’s a image of the 32-year-old, who seems to be like she is carrying a dark-coloured facemask.
The third occasion writes beneath: ‘real chocolate face’, which prompts the response: ‘Thought I might have a greater likelihood with the blacks’.
The picture was posted on Instagram together with the caption: ‘Somewhat black face racism by @teamgb Rugby 7’s @amywilsonhardy even joking she’ll have a greater likelihood with the blacks’.
Wilson-Hardy began in Group GB ladies’s rugby sevens groups’ 26-17 win over South Africa
Wilson-Hardy, who made her England debut in 2013, performed twice on Monday
Wilson-Hardy (centre) featured as Group GB misplaced 17-7 to the US on Monday night time
In a earlier assertion, a BOA spokesperson stated: “The British Olympic Affiliation has been made conscious of a picture printed on a social media platform and is investigating the matter.”
Wilson-Hardy, who made her England debut in 2013, began in immediately’s 26-17 victory over South Africa, after which featured of their 17-7 quarter-final defeat to the US within the night.
From West Sussex, she gained a bronze medal on the 2018 Commonwealth Video games, was named within the 2017 Ladies’s Rugby World Cup squad and has a level in engineering from Tub College.
Wilson-Hardy has 10 England caps and has scored 40 factors.
A spokesperson for BOA stated: ‘The British Olympic Affiliation has been made conscious of a picture on a social media platform and is investigating the matter.’
The RFU have been contacted for remark.
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