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‘Show the necessary respect’: German athlete Kolbe slams racist abuse of teammates
theguardian.com · 18h · first report
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800m runner uses post-race TV interview to condemn online racism “Don’t want to imagine what it would be like if I wasn’t white” The German 800m runner Smilla Kolbe has condemned the racist abuse of some of her teammates on social media after competing in the European Athletics Championships semi-finals. Speaking after finishing sixth behind Keely Hodgkinson, the 24-year-old made a point of extending a trackside interview to tell German TV: “I don’t want to imagine what it would be like if I wasn’t as white as I am.” Continue reading...
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