Eurosport has excluded a historic swimming and diving commentator after some phrases deemed sexist uttered while addressing the Australian women's national swimming team.
Bob Ballard , one of the broadcaster's most faithful commentators, said as the team received the gold medal for winning the 4X100 freestyle relay on the first day of the swimming trials: «Well, well, the women are done. But you know what they're like... They waste time, they have to put on make-up."
Immediately, live, the former swimmer Lizzie Simmonds, also a Eurosport commentator at his side to comment on the event, defined the words as "scandalous".
And after having established the facts, the management of Eurosport decided to immediately take steps to relieve Ballard of his duties: «He made an inappropriate comment and has been removed from our list of commentators with immediate effect », the broadcaster said .
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