The British women’s football team will take the knee before the match at the Tokyo Olympics to raise awareness about racism and all forms of discrimination, said coach Hege Riise on Thursday.
The GB team said the decision was made after clarification from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the rules of 50, which allowed athletes to make movements in the field provided they did it without interruption and respectfully against fellow competitors.
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The actions of taking the knee were the first form of protest made by American Football Quarterback Colin Kaepernick and was attended by a black life material movement.
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Cases underline the next challenge for the committee, even though they note that only a handful of cases “we are clear that taking the knee is an important symbol of peace protests against discrimination, injustice and inequality in the community,” Norwegian Riise said in a statement.
“We are happy that the IOC has recognized the importance of this form of expression of freedom.” Black players on the British men’s team were targeted racist abuse online after their defeat in the Euro 2020 Final Sunday, drawing extensive criticism from captains, managers, royalties, religious leaders and politicians.
The incident prompted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to urge social media companies to do more to overcome online harassment that has been “emerging from the darkroom of the Internet”.
Riise also said Steph Houghton England, Wales’ Sophie Ingle and Kim Scotland will share the captain’s armband game with games for 23 July-August.
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England, who lost in the quarter-finals at the 2012 London Olympics but did not compete in the 2016 Rio Games, had been withdrawn in Group E.
They faced Chile in the opening match on July 21 followed by Japanese hosts three days later and Canada on July 27.