IAAF makes "gay rights" jumper repaint "rainbow" nails [View all]

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Source: France24

AFP - Swedish high jumper Emma Green-Tregaro has repainted her nails after being warned by the IAAF that the rainbow colours she sported in qualification in support of gay rights were a breach of regulations.

Russian pole vault gold medallist Yelena Isinbayeva has provoked a furore at the World Athletics Championships over her outspoken anti-gay remarks, which she later tried to play down saying she was "misunderstood" and opposed to discrimination against homosexuals.

And she had called Green-Tregaro "unrespectful" to Russia after painting her nails in the colours of the rainbow flag that symbolises support for gay rights while competing in Moscow, a move that garnered acclaim elsewhere in the world.




Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20130817-iaaf-makes-gay-rights-jumper-repaint-rainbow-nails

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*Great example on how to create a controversy out of nothing more than painted nails. Nice move, IAAF. Love those Swedish women too!