Source: Global Times New Media
Last Sunday, when the U.S. Olympic team that competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics was still struggling to win the first gold medal (the first gold in the United States appeared on the 9th, as of the evening of the 12th, there were 5 gold), a female athlete who had represented the United States in previous Winter Olympics, but exposed a sexual scandal about the American snowboard team on her social account.
As the image below shows, the American female athlete, Callan Chythlook-Sifsof, posted multiple posts on her Instagram social media account accusing Peter Foley, the coach of the U.S. Olympic snowboard team, of taking nude photos of female athletes several times over the past 10 years, as well as other alleged insults to women.
Sif also accused American snowboarder Hagen Kearney of making insulting and even racist remarks and actions against female athletes and staff.
At the same time, Sif also accused the U.S. snowboard team of providing "protection" for these "toxic" "bullying" and "sexual violence" words and deeds, and he had complained about these matters, but it was besieged by other athletes, saying that she "would not chat".
What makes Sif even more dissatisfied is that her posts exposing the scandal of the US snowboard team have been repeatedly deleted by the Instagram platform on the grounds of "speech violations". Judging from the deletion notice received by Sif, Instagram believes that Sif's post is "bullying" and "harassing" others, and said that if she posts such content again, she may be "suspended".
In addition, she fears that she will be retaliated against by law and public opinion for exposing the matter.
At present, this matter has received some us media attention. The American Ski and Snowboard Association also gave a response, saying it was "investigating the matter." Foley, who was accused by Sif, said he was "surprised" by the allegations and said he "firmly denied" the allegations. Carney said he had made mistakes "many years ago" but that he "has learned his lessons."
Judging from the latest report on this matter in USA Today, at the press conference of the US Olympic snowboard team yesterday, some media also asked about this matter, and the American snowboarders Jacob Baylis and Baumgartner, who had just added another gold medal to the United States in the snowboard tracking mixed team event.
Among them, Jacob Baylis, a female athlete, said that she has been in the team for 20 years, and she believes that the coach Foley accused by Sif has a "very good character" and has given her a lot of support. In addition, Jacobelis also said that Sif's accusations against the snowboard team are not only "very disturbing", but have also affected the "morale" of the team.