IAAF makes "gay rights" jumper repaint "rainbow" nails

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Source: France24

AFP - Swedish high jumper Emma Green-Tregaro has repainted her nails after being warned by the IAAF that the rainbow colours she sported in qualification in support of gay rights were a breach of regulations.

Russian pole vault gold medallist Yelena Isinbayeva has provoked a furore at the World Athletics Championships over her outspoken anti-gay remarks, which she later tried to play down saying she was "misunderstood" and opposed to discrimination against homosexuals.

And she had called Green-Tregaro "unrespectful" to Russia after painting her nails in the colours of the rainbow flag that symbolises support for gay rights while competing in Moscow, a move that garnered acclaim elsewhere in the world.




Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20130817-iaaf-makes-gay-rights-jumper-repaint-rainbow-nails

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*Great example on how to create a controversy out of nothing more than painted nails. Nice move, IAAF. Love those Swedish women too!

[ninjanurse]

1. Flo Jo Would be Proud

Florence Griffith-Joyner, scandalized America with her nails and body suit, but she could run faster than anyone, so there.

[Bette Noir]

9. I met her, once.

One of the most beautiful women I've seen in my life.

[EC]

2. I wonder if she hadn't said anything

about them, just painted them and kept quiet, would they have known or made a big deal out of it?

[mimi85]

6. I don't see where

she said anything. This short article says that the Russian athlete brought it up. And as much as I hate to point it out, isn't painting her nails "rainbow" a political statement which is against the rules? Of course, EC is right, most people wouldn't even know that rainbow colored nails mean anything.

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7. Never thought of it that way.nt

[jtuck004]

3. According to the article in the link

""The code of conduct clearly states the rules do not allow any commercial or political statements during the competition.""

Isn't Russia trying to ban homosexual behavior a political statement during the competition? That would make the IAAF a bunch of complicit, cowardly, phony liars if they let the athletes compete under that kind of oppression, or worse, made the athletes bend over and comply with such political statement, wouldn't it?

[SwissTony]

4. So, Isinbayeva's homophobic remarks were OK,

but painted finger nails are off limits.

[Behind the Aegis]

5. Sounds quite familiar.

Say what one wants about gays, but don't dare confront it.

[theHandpuppet]

10. Yep. That's about it.

Remind me again why these games are being held in Putin's playground.

[DLnyc]

8. Boycott Russia

Kissing up to fascism just gets your lips smelly.

[davidpdx]

11. I posted a few days ago that I thought Isinbayeva's remark was a warning shot

specifically from Putin and the Russian Government to athlete's not to defy them. She tried hard not to make it look like that, but it was.

This is going to get really ugly if the Russians enforce the law. It appears to me that some athletes are going to protest the law.

I've always liked the Swedes, especially the women!

[blkmusclmachine]

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