{"id":435458,"date":"2020-06-12T02:22:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T09:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=435458"},"modified":"2020-06-12T03:55:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T10:55:31","slug":"commonwealth-games-federation-backs-athletes-choice-in-protests-and-taking-the-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/commonwealth-games-federation-backs-athletes-choice-in-protests-and-taking-the-knee\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games Federation Backs Athletes&#8217; Choice In Protests And Taking The Knee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Athletes competing at the <strong>2022 Commonwealth Games<\/strong> in Birmingham, England, will be able to take the knee in solidarity with anti-racist movements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-bosses-warn-athletes-that-they-face-a-ban-if-they-take-the-knee-in-peaceful-protest-over-injustice\/\">The stance comes two days after the <strong>International Olympic Committee (IOC)<\/strong>\u00a0said it would stick to its threat to ban athletes at Tokyo 2020<\/a> for such protests although president <strong>Thomas Bach<\/strong> later said they would consult with athletes before making a ruling.<\/p>\n<p>It comes in the wake of the worldwide protests following the death of <strong>George Floyd<\/strong> after he was pinned under a white policeman\u2019s knee for eight minutes and 46 seconds in Minneapolis last month.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_435288\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-435288\" data-attachment-id=\"435288\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2022-commonwealth-games-pushed-back-24-hours-forcing-tight-turnaround-for-europeans\/birmingham-2022\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Birmingham-2022.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Birmingham 2022\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Birmingham 2022&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Birmingham 2022&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Birmingham-2022.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Birmingham-2022.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-435288\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Birmingham-2022.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham 2022\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Birmingham-2022.jpg 400w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Birmingham-2022-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Birmingham-2022-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Birmingham-2022-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Birmingham-2022-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Birmingham-2022-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-435288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <strong>NFL<\/strong> has changed its stance by saying players should be allowed to protest during the national anthem and now Commonwealth Games organisers have said they will respect people\u2019s rights to voice their opinions<\/p>\n<p>In remarks reported by the Reuters news agency, <strong>Commonwealth Games Federation<\/strong> chief executive <strong>David Grevemberg<\/strong> said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe movement is challenging all institutions to really look introspectively at what we can do to be more fair, more free, have better equality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSport is no different.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are comfortable with the uncomfortable conversation and we need to embrace it. 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