Olympian and world champion athlete Jana Pittman has revealed she was kissed by a global coach throughout competitors.
Dr Pittman, a two-time world champion in hurdles in 2003 and 2007, was moved to inform her story whereas talking on the suspension of Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales from FIFA after he kissed star participant Jenni Hermoso on the lips after the Women’s World Cup.
Hermoso stated she didn’t consent to being kissed on the lips following Spain’s World Cup triumph towards England, as Rubiales had claimed.
Mr Rubiales has been banned as president for 90 days however is more likely to return as president.
The 33-year-old Ms Hermoso, together with 80 different Spanish gamers, together with the whole World Cup successful squad, stated they had been hanging from the nationwide group till the “leadership” modified.
Dr Pittman, 40, stated it introduced up reminiscences of her time on the elite athletic circuit – and the way instances had modified.
“I have been kissed inappropriately by a coach, not mine, an international coach where it was a cultural norm in that setting,” Dr Pittman stated on the ABC’s QandA.
“And I didn’t really think anything of it until I witnessed this on television.”
Despite saying she had a pleasant relationship with the “phenomenal coach” concerned in her incident, Dr Pittman seems to be on the incident fairly in another way within the wake of the World Cup.
She referred to as for extra wanted to be achieved to handle the problem as a way to make skilled sport a safer place for ladies.
“Consent is very important for our women to feel safe in those different environments and if we don’t stand up for it in a public setting, then it’s really a misdemeanour for the women globally,” she stated.
She stated it was “wrong” that Mr Rubiales had not resigned over the kiss.
“I feel like if he had have been even slightly apologetic for those reactions, we would all be feeling very differently about the way he’s behaved,” she stated.
Mr Rubiales’ kiss was condemned by the whole panel on the present.
“It’s so undermining and so mortifying for the person and it’s been such a distraction,” MamaMia editor Jessie Stephens stated.
“[He] has to resign, the fact he hasn’t is very disappointing … we can’t let it move on, we need to keep the conversation going,” Liberal MP Aaron Violi stated.
Originally revealed as Olympian Jana Pittman reveals inappropriate kiss from coach whereas in competitors
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