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submitted 2 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

Steven van de Velde, the Dutch beach volleyball player who served time in prison for rape, received a mixture of boos and applause when he was introduced before his opening match on Sunday at the Paris Games.

Van de Velde was greeted with only a handful of boos when he first took the sand for warmups, but the hooting was louder for the more formal pre-match introduction. His teammate Matthew Immers – and all the other players appearing at the Eiffel Tower Stadium so far in the Summer Games – received nothing but cheers.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

They apparently forgave him the moment he stepped off the boat back when he got released.

[-] Visstix@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Well the people in charge of the olympic team at least.. not the whole country. I only heard about this dude recently and he can fuck right off.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I haven't heard about any major protests in Amsterdam about them allowing a pedophile rapist on their Olympic team, have you?

this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2024
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