Lori Ewing
April 30, 2021 - 9:11 AM
Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold plans to take her fight for a berth in the Tokyo Olympics to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Bujold and her lawyer Sylvie Rodrigue petitioned the International Olympic Committee for a berth based on her pregnancy and maternity leave, and had hoped for a decision by Friday.
But Bujold said in an email "we are disappointed and quite frankly surprised that neither the IOC or the (Olympic Boxing Task Force) have yet responded" to her lawyer's letter sent April 23.
"They have not reached out yet to indicate if they are planning to rectify the qualifying rules to accommodate female athletes who were pregnant or postpartum during the chosen qualifying period for Tokyo."