Athletes back IOC s decision to permit breastfeeding moms at Tokyo Games
Nia Ali races during the Women s 60m Hurdles during the World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. American track star Nia Ali says she knows what it s like to balance being a breastfeeding mom and an elite athlete.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Manu Fernandez June 30, 2021 - 2:59 PM
American track star Nia Ali says she knows what it s like to balance being a breastfeeding mom and an elite athlete.
Ali, partner of Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse, posted a photo of herself nursing her newborn child on Instagram Wednesday, the same day the International Olympic Committee announced that breastfeeding moms can bring their children to Tokyo.
Breastfeeding Olympians allowed to bring babies to Tokyo
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during the second half of a women s exhibition basketball game, Friday, July 29, 2016, in Bridgeport, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
By: The Associated Press & Scripps National
Posted at 1:01 PM, Jun 30, 2021
and last updated 2021-06-30 16:52:22-04
TORONTO (AP) â A Canadian basketball player who is breastfeeding her infant daughter has won in her quest to bring the baby to the Tokyo Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee says nursing mothers will now be allowed to bring their babies to Tokyo.
The move comes after Kim Gaucher made an emotional plea via Instagram to have her 3-month-old daughter Sophie travel with her to the Games.
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When moms speak up, things change for the better. For example, the Tokyo Olympics next month will allow nursing children to accompany their parents who are athletes. On Wednesday, event organizers released a statement announcing an exception to its strict COVID-19 protection policy. Other family members and friends are not allowed to join competitors in Japan. Given that the Tokyo 2020 Games will take place during a pandemic, overall we must unfortunately decline to permit athletes family members or other companions to accompany them to the Games, the statement read. However, after careful consideration of the unique situation facing athletes with nursing children, we are pleased to confirm that, when necessary, nursing children will be able to accompany athletes to Japan. There will be private accommodations for the kids, as they re not invited in the Olympic Village.
Breastfeeding athletes can bring children to Tokyo: organisers
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01/07/2021 - 06:20 US football star Alex Morgan says she has not been contacted by Olympics organisers about bringing her daughter to Tokyo Mike Ehrmann GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File 3 min
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Breastfeeding athletes will be allowed to bring children to the Tokyo Olympics when necessary , organisers have announced, after criticism from mothers over tough rules on bringing family to the Games.
The clarification was welcomed by some athletes as a relief, but US football star Alex Morgan slammed organisers for keeping her in the dark about the criteria.
Athletes families are banned from attending the pandemic-postponed Games, under anti-virus rules that organisers say are needed to hold the event safely.
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