Pond life
Sebastian Coe will demand urgent talks with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to stop “pond life” abusing female sports stars with impunity if he becomes International Olympic Committee president.
Speaking after a week in which Emma Raducanu spoke about not being able “see the ball through tears” after being approached by a stalker, and Eilish McColgan faced a blizzard of hate after posting a video of her running on social media, Lord Coe pledged to create a taskforce to find better ways to protect female athletes.
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Asked what he made of comments posted on Facebook, Instagram and X attacking women, the World Athletics president, who is among the favourites for the IOC presidential election on 20 March, replied: “It’s pond life. I’ve spoken to many female athletes about it. And some of the stuff that the American shot putter Raven Saunders told me made me want to cry. We’ve got to do more.”
Wouldn’t it be nice if frothing hatred of women were just not a thing?
Coe chooses his examples with care. From Wikihell:
Saunders identifies as non-binary and queer, having come out to their mother as queer in the third grade.[38][39][40]
Saunders has been outspoken about their struggles with depression and suicidal ideation.[21][41] They have worked as an advocate for racial justice, mental health, and animal rights for bovines, especially bulls.