{"id":415051,"date":"2024-08-01T19:16:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=415051"},"modified":"2024-08-01T22:07:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T22:07:40","slug":"judge-kicked-out-of-olympic-surfing-over-this-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=415051","title":{"rendered":"Judge kicked out of Olympic surfing over this photo"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Australian surfing<\/a> judge has been removed from the Paris Olympics<\/a> judging panel after a photo circulated online of him embracing an Australian competitor along the shore's edge in Tahiti this week.<\/p>\n

During one of the competition's off days, a commentator shared a photo on his social media showing judge Benjamin Lowe posing alongside Australian surfing team member Ethan Ewing.<\/p>\n

Bede Durbidge, coach of the Australian team, was also in the photo.<\/p>\n

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The International Surfing Association released a statement overnight saying it removed Lowe from the judging panel for the remainder of the competition to "protect the integrity and fairness of the ongoing competition".<\/p>\n

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"The ISA is aware of a photo circulating on social media in which one of the Olympic surfing judges from Australia is seen socially interacting with an Australian athlete and the team manager," the ISA said.<\/p>\n

"It is inappropriate for a judge to be interacting in this manner with an athlete and their team."<\/p>\n

The decision was made in accordance with the ISA's code of conduct and the International Olympic Committee's code of ethics, it said.<\/p>\n

Australia's team management didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

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The surfing federation said it had "communicated with all judges and teams to remind them of their responsibilities regarding appropriate behaviour".<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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