{"id":2316593,"date":"2024-07-31T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rugby-star-amy-wilson-hardy-withdraws-from-olympics-on-medical-grounds-as-racism-investigation-hits-hard\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T10:50:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T14:50:57","slug":"rugby-star-amy-wilson-hardy-withdraws-from-olympics-on-medical-grounds-as-racism-investigation-hits-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rugby-star-amy-wilson-hardy-withdraws-from-olympics-on-medical-grounds-as-racism-investigation-hits-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby Star Amy Wilson-Hardy Withdraws from Olympics on &#8216;Medical Grounds&#8217; as Racism Investigation Hits Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frugby-star-amy-wilson-hardy-withdraws-from-olympics-on-medical-grounds-as-racism-investigation-hits-hard%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2316593&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u20622024 Paris Olympic Games have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-of-catholics-gather-to-protest-celebration-of-drag-group-at-dodger-stadium\/\" title=\"Catholic crowds rally against drag event at Dodger Stadium.\">faced significant controversy<\/a> since their inception, starting with a \u200dreimagined depiction of &#8220;The Last Supper,&#8221; which organizers claimed had no ties to the original artwork. The opening days of the Games have seen various incidents, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/power-grid-operator-warns-that-shut-down-of-coal-plant-may-disrupt-millions\/\" title=\"Coal plant shutdown may cause major power disruptions for millions, warns grid operator\">including power outages<\/a>, reported arson attacks attributed to a far-left group, and the expulsion of athletes\u200b for disciplinary infractions. One notable case involved British rugby sevens player Amy Wilson-Hardy, who was sent home \u2062for allegedly engaging in a racist conversation on WhatsApp that \u200dbecame public. As a result, the British \u200dOlympic Association \u2063quickly withdrew her from the \u2062competition, \u2062replacing\u200d her with another athlete.\u2062 Additionally, \u200cBrazilian swimmer Ana Carolina Vieira was also sent \u200bhome following a breach \u2062of team protocols. These \u200cevents have led to questions about decorum among athletes and the overall organization of the\u200d Games, which are set to run \u2064until August 11. Amidst ongoing challenges, there is a growing concern about the\u2062 implications of disrespect \u2062towards cultural and societal \u200cnorms surrounding the \u2064Olympics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 2024 Paris Olympic Games started with a mockery of &ldquo;The Last Supper&rdquo; by Leonardo da Vinci.<\/p>\n<p>The organizers of the Games attempted a non-apology apology in which they insisted that their reimagining of one of the most iconic pieces of religious-themed art in world history bore no connection to that painting.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to that, we&rsquo;ve had &ldquo;random&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2024\/07\/28\/basilica-shined-as-technical-anomaly-blackout-plunged-paris-into-darkness-after-debauched-olympic-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">power outages<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/opening-day-paris-olympics-thrown-chaos-coordinated-arson-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">non-random arson attacks<\/a> allegedly perpetrated by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13680809\/far-left-paris-arson-attacks-olympic-opening-ceremony.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far-left group<\/a>, one Brazilian sports star kicked off her squad and sent home for allegedly leaving the Olympic Village without permission, and now another sports star sent home on &ldquo;medical grounds&rdquo; after footage of an allegedly racist conversation she had on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-trolls-facebook-instagram-others-x-stays-amid-massive-social-media-outage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp<\/a> spilled online.<\/p>\n<p>According ot the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/olympics\/article-13688623\/Amy-Wilson-Hardy-withdraws-medical-grounds-investigate-Team-GB-rugby-sevens-racist-message.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K. Daily Mail<\/a>, Amy Wilson-Hardy, one of the members of Great Britain&rsquo;s rugby sevens team, withdrew from the games Tuesday after pictures of the conversation surfaced on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>In the photograph, Wilson-Hardy &mdash; who played Monday in a quarterfinal defeat to the United States, 17-7 &mdash; left the Olympics on Tuesday before a placing match against China.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The team lost the match, 19-15.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The British Olympic Association has confirmed that Amy Wilson Hardy has been withdrawn on medical grounds from the rugby sevens placement matches and will be replaced by Tokyo 2020 Olympian Abi Burton,&rdquo; the BOA said.<\/p>\n<p>The move came after the alleged WhatsApp message with an unnamed third party leaked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/evil-within-3-minutes-new-account-instagram-serves-sex-content-13-year-old-boys-happens-20-minutes-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">onto Instagram<\/a>. It shows a woman who looks an awful lot like the 32-year-old with what appears to be a brownish face mask.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Genuine chocolate face,&rdquo; the other person said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thought I&rsquo;d have a better chance with the blacks,&rdquo; Wilson-Hardy allegedly replied.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think you have a better chance if your hair was blonder and you keep your legs,&rdquo; the third-party responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With the blacks?!&rdquo; Wilson-Hardy allegedly said.<\/p>\n<p>The original account that posted it appears to be locked at present, but the fact that Wilson-Hardy is going home on &ldquo;medical grounds&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t look good for her. On the other hand, she should cheer up &mdash; appearing in blackface apparently disqualifies you for the Olympics (allegedly, cough cough), but it didn&rsquo;t stop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/black-conservative-kicked-meeting-wearing-trudeau-blackface-costume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Trudeau from becoming prime minister of Canada<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In Canada she could be elected Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Amy Wilson-Hardy removed from Olympics GB rugby team&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sQzFwsxOVz\">pic.twitter.com\/sQzFwsxOVz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brad Clough (@CloughBrad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CloughBrad\/status\/1818315594384715826?\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/olympics\/article-13675837\/Team-GB-investigate-alleged-racist-comment-rugby-sevens-racism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>, the BOA were investigating the post as of Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The British Olympic Association has been made aware of an image on a social media platform and is investigating the matter,&rdquo; a statement said.<\/p>\n<p>That came one day after Brazilian swimmer Ana Carolina Vieira was sent home by her team, and her teammate given a warning, after Reuters reported the two left the athlete&rsquo;s village without getting clearance from team officials, a big no-no.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/olympics\/brazil-sends-one-swimmer-home-warns-another-after-they-left-athletes-village-2024-07-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> said the infraction was only discovered after it was posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/social-media-ceo-announces-trump-shooters-account-appears-discovered-deranged-joe-biden-supporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two swimmers had &ldquo;committed acts of indiscipline,&rdquo; the Brazilian Olympic Committee said Sunday. However, Gabriel Santos apparently accepted his punishment from the BOC without contesting it, while Viera was more upset about it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The athlete Ana Carolina, in a disrespectful and aggressive manner, contested a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swimmer-ana-vieira-banished-from-olympics-after-sneaking-out-of-village-making-brutal-mistake-disrespectful-and-aggressive\/\" title=\"Swimmer Ana Vieira Banished from Olympics After Sneaking Out of Village, Making Brutal Mistake - &#039;Disrespectful and Aggressive&#039;\">technical decision made<\/a> by the Brazilian National Swimming Team committee,&rdquo; the BOC said in its statement, adding that she had reportedly challenged the formation of the relay team.<\/p>\n<p>Vieira, 22, had competed with a team that finished 12th in the 4&times;100 meters freestyle relay on Saturday. Santos is her boyfriend, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/news\/us-news\/brazil-swimmer-sneaking-out-removed-paris-2024-olympics-827976-20240729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unilad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not here playing or taking a vacation,&rdquo; said Gustavo Otsuka, leader of Brazil&rsquo;s swimming team. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re here working for Brazil, for the 200 million taxpayers who are working for us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We can&rsquo;t play around here. She took a completely inappropriate position to make her point, her dismay, about the formation of the relay,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>So, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/olympics-scrambling-deny-mocking-jesus-last-supper-despite-already-admitting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disrespect toward God<\/a>, disrespect toward the law, disrespect for black people and disrespect toward your team. The Olympics run until Aug. 11. Can&rsquo;t wait to see what else happens!<\/p>\n<p>Look, far be it from me to join what&rsquo;s doubtless going to be a pitchfork-wielding train of wokeistas demanding that this woman never start for her country&rsquo;s &mdash; or any &mdash; squad again, but just how dumb do you have to be to be moderately famous and text this to someone else, if this <em>does<\/em> turn out to be genuine?<\/p>\n<p>Every four years &mdash; fewer in this case, since the Tokyo 2020 Games were actually held in 2021 due to COVID-19 &mdash; the world gets together to find out just how much worse things have gotten and how much more expensive a sporting event can be for taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>The answer is: pretty bad! Not Munich 1972 bad, but keep in mind that the possibility of terror attacks are something that&rsquo;s been on the organizers&rsquo; radar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/apparent-olympics-terror-plot-foiled-weeks-go-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for quite some time now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to athletes who apparently lack discretion or control, we have organizers who think we&rsquo;re dumb enough to believe their mockery of &ldquo;The Last Supper&rdquo; was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/olympics-organizers-panic-apologize-mocking-jesus-last-supper-make-situation-even-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>actually<\/em> supposed to be a Dionysian tableau<\/a>, leftist activists justifying their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/small-town-sees-two-churches-hit-with-arson-attacks-in-a-single-night\/\" title=\"Two churches in small town targeted by arson attacks in one night.\">alleged arson attacks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13680809\/far-left-paris-arson-attacks-olympic-opening-ceremony.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">because<\/a> the Olympics are a &ldquo;celebration of nationalism&rdquo; (among other things), and the postponement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/olympic-organizers-suffer-embarrassment-forced-cancel-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the men&rsquo;s triathlon<\/a> thanks to too much E. coli in the river Seine (likely due to pollution due to human feces, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/7\/30\/24209440\/olympics-men-triathlon-postponed-pollution-river-seine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Verge<\/a>), inter alia.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s almost like mockery of God &mdash; and thus, authority &mdash; has other ancillary consequences. 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Alongside this controversy, there have been unexpected power outages, alleged arson attacks linked to a far-left group, and incidents involving athletes being sent home for various reasons. One Brazilian athlete was dismissed from her team for reportedly leaving the Olympic Village without authorization, while another faced expulsion on &#8220;medical grounds&#8221; after a purportedly racist WhatsApp conversation surfaced online.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.K. Daily Mail, Amy Wilson-Hardy from Great Britain&#8217;s rugby sevens team withdrew from the competition after images of her conversation appeared on Instagram. She had played in a quarterfinal match against the United States before leaving prior to a placement game against China. The British Olympic Association confirmed her withdrawal due to medical reasons and announced that she would be replaced by Tokyo 2020 Olympian Abi Burton.<\/p>\n<p>This decision followed the leak of an alleged WhatsApp message featuring Wilson-Hardy discussing race inappropriately with an unnamed individual. Although the original account sharing this content is currently locked, it raises serious concerns about her future in sports. In contrast, while appearing in blackface may disqualify someone from competing at the Olympics (allegedly), it hasn&#8217;t hindered Justin Trudeau&#8217;s political career as Prime Minister of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by Daily Mail, investigations into Wilson-Hardy&#8217;s post were underway as early as Monday. This news came shortly after Brazilian swimmer Ana Carolina Vieira was sent home along with another teammate for leaving their designated area without permission\u2014a significant breach of protocol discovered through social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>Gustavo Otsuka, leader of Brazil\u2019s swimming team emphasized that they are not there for leisure but are representing Brazil and its taxpayers&#8217; interests: \u201cWe can\u2019t play around here.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>With ongoing issues such as disrespect towards authority figures and teammates alongside potential security threats looming over these games until August 11th, one can&#8217;t help but wonder what other controversies might arise during this event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2316594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/wilson-hardy.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36763,36764,4825,5243,6348],"class_list":["post-2316593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-amy-wilson-hardy","tag-medical-withdrawal","tag-olympics","tag-racism","tag-rugby"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/wilson-hardy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2316593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2316593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2316593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}