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Friday 07 February 2014 | Issue 1212 | starobserver.com.au
International
Serkan Ozturk
WITHonlyhoursbeforetheopeningceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, openly-gay New Zealand speed
skater Blake Skjellerup has become the
latest Olympian to slam the IOC for not
doing enough to stand up against discrimination.
He joins more than 50 other highprofileathletesandOlympianswhohave
criticised the organisation in past weeks
for standing idly by as Russia’s Government last year enacted nationwide laws
prohibitingso-called‘gaypropaganda’.
Among those to have signed up to the
Principle 6 campaign and included their
voice as part of LGBTI activist group AllOut’s petition were Australian bobsleighers Heath Spence and Jana Pittman, as
wellastheAustralianteam’sonlyopenlygay member, snowboarder Belle Brockhoff.
Along with Australian Olympic g
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