Gymnastics Eire has been accused of racism after an official presenting medals to younger rivals skipped the one Black lady within the group.

A viral video reveals a Gymnastics Eire official presenting medals throughout a medal ceremony. When she will get to every competitor, she places a medal on their neck. Nevertheless, when it obtained to the flip of a Black lady, because the little one bowed her head to simply accept her medal, the official skipped her and went to the subsequent white lady.

The Black lady is seen trying confused, but expectant, ready for the official to appreciate her error. However the official left with the final medal with out presenting it to the lady.

The incident reportedly occurred in Dublin in March 2022 however it’s now going viral after the lady’s mom spoke out. She mentioned her household have been “very upset” at how their daughter had been handled by Gymnastics Eire and that they consider she was ignored as a result of she is black, the Irish Impartial stories.

Reacting to the racism row, Gymnastics Eire mentioned that it engaged with the girl, who’s now not a member of the sporting physique after she selected to not renew her membership.

They mentioned she “accepted absolutely that what had occurred had not been acceptable however burdened that it had not been intentional”. 

The assertion continues: “The official involved mentioned that upon realising the error they instantly rectified it and ensured that the competitor involved was offered along with her medal earlier than she left the Area of Play (FoP).

“The official additionally expressed deep remorse for what they described as an trustworthy error and requested the chance to apologise in individual to the competitor and her household. This request was initially declined.

“A written apology offered by the recognized particular person has since been issued to the competitor and her household.”

The assertion went on: “Initially we tried to deal with the matter by means of the casual technique of our self-discipline and complaints coverage.

“Nevertheless, following a sequence of communications with the mother and father they knowledgeable Gymnastics Eire that they’d not be participating within the course of and have been looking for authorized recommendation.”

Gymnastics Eire was contacted by the Gymnastics Ethics Basis (GEF) final summer time, which knowledgeable it that it had been contacted relating to the criticism.

“We remained engaged with the GEF by means of the autumn and winter months throughout which era our inner course of was suspended,” mentioned Gymnastics Eire. “In February, we agreed to renew internally and proceed to the subsequent stage of our course of.”

The video has continued to obtain backlash throughout the web. 

Watch the video under.