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08-11-2016, 03:32 AM
Olympian sent home from Rio after a night of drinking
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Dutch gymnast Yuri van Gelder was sent home from Rio on Sunday for drinking the previous night and staying out until the early morning.
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Netherlands Olympics Committee spokesperson Maurits Hendriks made a statement on the Dutch team's website (https://teamnl.org/artikelen/2016/08/yuri-van-gelder-naar-huis-gestuurd).
“It was a very difficult decision for us to make. This is terrible for Yuri, but at such a breach of the values within TeamNL, we have ** other choice," Hendriks said, as translated by Yahoo Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/dutch-gymnast-sent-home-from-olympics-for-drinking-070124066.html). "We stand for excellence with respect to all agreements and rules. Our athletes have an exemplary standard and this behavior is absolutely unacceptable. Yuri has left us ** choice.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/yuri-van-gelder-sent-home-from-olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Dutch gymnast Yuri van Gelder was sent home from Rio on Sunday for drinking the previous night and staying out until the early morning.
SEE ALSO: Tech-savvy fencer stops to retrieve fallen phone during Olympic match (http://mashable.com/2016/08/09/olympics-fencer-drops-phone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Netherlands Olympics Committee spokesperson Maurits Hendriks made a statement on the Dutch team's website (https://teamnl.org/artikelen/2016/08/yuri-van-gelder-naar-huis-gestuurd).
“It was a very difficult decision for us to make. This is terrible for Yuri, but at such a breach of the values within TeamNL, we have ** other choice," Hendriks said, as translated by Yahoo Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/dutch-gymnast-sent-home-from-olympics-for-drinking-070124066.html). "We stand for excellence with respect to all agreements and rules. Our athletes have an exemplary standard and this behavior is absolutely unacceptable. Yuri has left us ** choice.” Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/yuri-van-gelder-sent-home-from-olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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