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- Dutch beach volleyball player raped 12-year-old in 2016
- BBC pundit says comments were ‘not what I intended’
Paula Radcliffe has apologised for wishing “good luck” to a convicted rapist when he competes for the Netherlands at the Paris Olympics next week.
The BBC pundit and four-time Olympian had suggested the beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde should not be punished twice after being convicted for raping a 12-year-old girl when he was 19.
Written by Sean Ingle in Paris
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/24/radcliffe-defends-decision-to-let-van-de-velde-compete-at-olympics under the title “Paula Radcliffe apologises for wishing ‘good luck’ to convicted rapist at Olympics”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
