Swiss Olympic bobsled commentator broke a century of neutrality and spent the entire run of the Israeli bobsled team recounting all the pro-genocide remarks and social media posts by Adam Edelman, one of the apartheid state athletes.
Absolute legend. More truth bombs in sports please!
Swiss broadcaster pulls bobsleigh commentary questioning presence of Israeli athlete | Reuters (2026-02-17)
>> The commentary on Radio Television Suisse was aired throughout one of the runs of Israelis Adam Edelman and Chen Menachem in the two-man bobsleigh event on Monday.
>> The commentator, Stefan Renna, said Edelman had supported the actions of the Israeli military in the #Gaza conflict and he suggested that this breached the International Olympic Committee's rules on political statements by athletes at the Games.
>> "Our journalist wished to question the IOC's policy regarding the statements made by the athlete concerned," #RTS said in a statement to Reuters.
>> "However, although factual, such information may have appeared inappropriate due to its length within the context of a sports commentary. For this reason, we removed the segment from our website last night."...
