Olympic Shooter Suspended for Sexual Harassment
Some shocking news today about the U.S. Olympic team that’s heading to Tokyo…
USA Shooting, the governing body for America’s shooting sports, has just learned that Olympic Team Nominee Keith Sanderson will not be allowed to compete in the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Sanderson has been excluded from the team for sexual misconduct and sexual harassment. The suspension, which spans for three months, is the first of its kind for any USA Shooting member or staffer. The U.S. Center for SafeSport levied the suspension. Now, USA Shooting has announced the shooter who will fill Sanderson’s quota space, Tokyo Alternate Jack Leverett III.
“This is a somber day for our organization, but we must remain focused on our final preparations for Tokyo. We have an excellent young team that has been bringing home the hardware from the recent World Cups in India and Italy,” said Matt Suggs, CEO of USA Shooting. “USA Shooting remains committed to the safety of our athletes, staff, and volunteers and SafeSport is an important part of that commitment.”
Tokyo Alternate Jack Leverett III has been promoted to fill Sanderson’s quota place in Men’s 25M Rapid Fire Pistol, and will compete alongside his brother Henry Leverett. This year’s Olympic team is led by two-time Olympic Champion Vincent Hancock (Men’s Skeet) and includes the World #2 and #3 10m Air Rifle shooters Mary Tucker and Lucas Kozeniesky. Nick Mowrer (Men’s 10m Air Pistol and 50m Smallbore Rifle) of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) will be the only athlete in Tokyo competing in both Rifle and Pistol events.
Also showcased on arguably the world’s strongest shotgun team are two new young stars, Austen Smith (Women’s Skeet) and Maddy Bernau (Women’s Trap), who recently won gold and silver, respectively, at the ISSF World Cup in Lonato, Italy.
Athletes from the U.S. Shooting Team have won 115 medals in Olympic and Paralympic competition since the modern Olympics began in 1896, nearly twice the medal count of the next nation. The Tokyo Olympic Games will begin July 23, 2021, with opening ceremonies; shooting events will take place from July 24 to August 2, 2021.
Unless physical force is employed, a person should be able to deal with “sexual harassment” as a nuisance. Anyone whining over an occasional touch or a suggestive comment ought to grow up and learn to deal with it.
If this was serious enough to warrant a suspension, it is serious enough to deserve a better explanation in the article reporting that he is suspended. No one is arguing against discipline required and the extremely sensitive topic sexual misconduct and harassment is, but this article leaves questions unanswered in the readers i.e. was he arrested? Unapproved touching? Stalking? It’s not fair to anyone when these details are omitted. Good luck in Tokyo Team USA!
DETAILS? If none then I consider this FUCKING BULLSHIT.
We are (supposedly) a rational culture. The public should be “privy to” such details if they need to be processed. Surely we are mature enough for that!
Otherwise, censorship leads to more misconceptions and polarization.
Hopefully, our Second Amendment support will extend to a broader Situational Awareness.
It would be interesting to know – although we likely never will – if the ‘victim” of the harassment was a trans-sexual who was getting called-out. Maybe not, it was likely just the garden variety her-ass-meant. Or maybe his-ass-meant? Wow that makes my head hurt….
this sounds great any yayho in the future will have this to think about. Ed Smith
No specifics. You make it sound like this guy was railroaded to get the brother in.
Meh, he never finished better then 5th so who cares……
Sure wish you had provided more info about the adjudged (apparently no jury or defense) sexual harassment.
It would be important to fill In a few details – in some instances, a person was charged with telling a female she looked pretty – why? It was an unwanted comment.
U.S. Center for SafeSport , Who are they and what is their purpose ?
No doubt we want our country represented with upstanding people, but a brief synopsis of the investigation would be way of explaining the situation without specific details or names. The article above leaves way too many open doors to the readers imaginations….. Did the alleged perp call-out a “Karen” personality who took offense, or is he a serial rapist/murderer ? There is a wide range to the imagination.
Could use more info in the article to go along with the “hook” title.
My first thought was that it likely related to a criticism of the new transgender policies.
Nice that we can instantly convict people in public with no trial, no identified victim, no evidence. Far more efficient than the old way.
Apparently the safe sport organization believed they had enough evidence. Based on the complaint filed by the individual/individuals whom he harassed. I’m sure they’re conducting a more thorough investigation. Of which we, the readers, are not privi to.
There was no evidence. Some hateful little bxxch filed a complaint and they got rid of the guy rather than deal with it. That’s the way they operate. I hope they lose every match.
Sanderson? Zat you?
I looked up the organization and it is recognized but don’t list their governing board members.
It is one of many organizations for safe sporting.
I went to their site but they block Duck Duck Go privacy browser.
That is extremely suspicious to me.