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Algeria’s Imane Khelif, left, fights China’s Yang Liu in their women’s 66 kg final boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Online public shaming of women athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics highlights gender‑based violence

Gretchen Kerr, University of Toronto; Ellen MacPherson, University of Toronto, and Sophie Wensel, University of Toronto

To achieve more diverse and inclusive sport environments, it is essential to prevent and appropriately respond to gender-based violence, including incidents of online public shaming.
Deux membres de l'équipe olympique canadienne de nage synchronisée se produisent lors des Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016. Le sport est au centre d'allégations d'abus et de harcèlement. La Presse Canadienne/Ryan Remiorz

Allégations d’abus en natation artistique : comment mieux encadrer le sport d’élite

Gretchen Kerr, University of Toronto and Erin Willson, University of Toronto

La fermeture du centre d'entraînement de Montréal de l'équipe de Natation artistique Canada survient après des années d'allégations d'abus et de harcèlement.
Two members of Canada’s Olympic synchronized swim team perform during the 2016 Summer Olympics. The sport is coming under scrutiny for its culture of abuse and body-shaming. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

New allegations of abuse have grounded Canada’s artistic swimming team

Gretchen Kerr, University of Toronto and Erin Willson, University of Toronto

Allegations of abuse and harassment are not uncommon in Canadian sport. The closure of the Montréal site for Canada’s artistic swimming team is in part due to a lack of oversight for young athletes.

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