Pole vlt great Yelena Isbayeva nmned homosexualy Thursday after cricizg fellow petors at the world athletics champnships Mosw who pated their fgernails rabow lours to support gays and lbians the face of a new anti-gay law Rsia.
Contents:
- YELENA ISBAYEVA SAYS ANTI-GAY REMARKS WERE 'MISUNRSTOOD'
- RSIAN ANTI-GAY LAW BACKED BY POLE VLT CHAMP ISBAYEVA
- YELENA ISBAYEVA ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY MENTS ON RSIA'S ANTI-GAY LAW
- YELENA ISBAYEVA FENDS RSIA’S ANTI-GAY PROPAGANDA LAW
- L'ATHLèTE SSE ISBAYEVA SUR L GAYS : "L HOMM VIVENT AVEC L FEMM"
- YELENA ISBAYEVA SAYS SHE WAS MISUNRSTOOD ON RSIA’S ANTI-GAY LAW
- YELENA ISBAYEVA CLAIMS ‘MISUNRSTOOD’ OVER ANTI-GAY REMARKS
- ISBáYEVA ACLARA POLéMI SOBRE PROPAGANDA GAY
YELENA ISBAYEVA SAYS ANTI-GAY REMARKS WERE 'MISUNRSTOOD'
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Rsian athlete Yelena Isbayeva says she may have been "misunrstood" over ments nmng homosexualy and sists she is agast a statement on Friday, she said: "English is not my first language and I thk I may have been misunrstood. "I am opposed to any discrimatn agast gay people on the grounds of their sexualy. A sportg in Rsia who has set 28 world rerds, Isbayeva was appoted the role 2010 by Internatnal Olympic Commtee (IOC) print Jacqu add on Friday: "What I wanted to say was that people should rpect the laws of other untri, particularly when they are guts, " a statement released via athletics' world erng body the 's print Vladimir Put signed a law June makg illegal to give unr-18s rmatn about homosexualy.
RSIAN ANTI-GAY LAW BACKED BY POLE VLT CHAMP ISBAYEVA
Pole vlt great Yelena Isbayeva has nmned homosexualy after cricizg fellow petors who pated their fgernails rabow lors to support gays and lbians the face of a new anti-gay law Rsia. * yelena isinbayeva gay *
Punds cril of Isbayeva mentsIn rponse, earlier this week, Uned Stat nner Nick Symmonds dited his world 800m silver medal to his gay and lbian iends, while Swedish high jumper Emma Green-Tregaro pated her fgernails the lours of the rabow flag. "The IOC said a statement: "Clearly English is not her mother tongue and she has now clarified that she was misunrstood and that she is 'opposed to any kd of discrimatn agast gay people'. Pole vlt great Yelena Isbayeva nmned homosexualy Thursday after cricizg fellow petors at the world athletics champnships Mosw who pated their fgernails rabow lours to support gays and lbians the face of a new anti-gay law vlt great Yelena Isbayeva nmned homosexualy Thursday after cricizg fellow petors who pated their fgernails rabow lours to support gays and lbians the face of a new anti-gay law Rsian, who won her third world tle Tuday ont of a boistero home crowd, me out favour of the law which has drawn sharp cricism and led Wtern activists to ll for a boytt of next year's Wter Olympics the Rsian rort of Sochi.
YELENA ISBAYEVA ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY MENTS ON RSIA'S ANTI-GAY LAW
<p>Yelena Isbayeva has blamed her poor English for Thursday's ntroversial statements on Rsia's anti-gay law, sistg she is opposed to discrimatn on the grounds of sexualy</p> * yelena isinbayeva gay *
"Athlet pat nails support of gaysAt least two Swedish athlet peted Thursday at Luzhniki Stadium, the same venue that hosted the 1980 Mosw Olympics, wh their fgernails pated different Green Tregaro, who won a bronze medal at the 2005 worlds, posted a picture of her fgers on social media se Instagram, sayg "Nails pated the lours of the rabow. "I want to say to Yelena, 'You unrstand a very large portn of your cizens here are gay and lbian people. "Symmonds also said he dited his silver medal to his gay and lbian iends, as he had said he would a blog entry for Runner's World before the champnships.
A rabow flag is often ed as a symbol of gay rights and gay pri, an issue that has gaed attentn om Wtern activists and entertaers sce Rsia's anti-gay law was passed law do not explicly ban participatn gay pri paras or promotn of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr equaly onle, but anyone wearg a rabow flag on the street or wrg about gay relatnships on Facebook, for stance, uld be acced of the Internatnal Olympic Commtee and FIFA have asked the Rsian ernment for more clarifitn.
Associated PrsAug 15, 2013, 10:33 AM ETMOSCOW -- Pole vlt great Yelena Isbayeva nmned homosexualy Thursday after cricizg petors who pated their fgernails rabow lors to support gays and lbians the face of a new anti-gay law Rsian, who won her third world tle Tuday ont of a boistero home crowd, me out favor of the law which has drawn sharp cricism and led Wtern activists to ll for a boytt of next year's Wter Olympics the Rsian rort of Sochi.
YELENA ISBAYEVA FENDS RSIA’S ANTI-GAY PROPAGANDA LAW
Yelena Isbayeva, the goln girl of Rsian sport, has sought to clarify her ntroversial ments about gay rights and her apparent cricism of fellow athlet for highlightg the issue at the world champnships Mosw. * yelena isinbayeva gay *
A rabow flag is often ed as a symbol of gay rights and gay pri, an issue that has gaed attentn om Wtern activists and entertaers sce Rsia's anti-gay law was passed law do not explicly ban participatn gay pri paras or promotn of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr equaly onle, but anyone wearg a rabow flag on the street or wrg about gay relatnships on Facebook, for stance, uld be acced of Internatnal Olympic Commtee and FIFA have asked the Rsian ernment for more clarifitn. Yelena Isbayeva has blamed her poor English for Thursday's ntroversial statements on Rsia's anti-gay law, sistg she is opposed to discrimatn on the grounds of Rsian print Vladimir Put signed a law June makg illegal to give unr-18s rmatn about homosexualy. The move has been wily nmned and has led to lls for a boytt of the 2014 Wter Olympics US nner Nick Symmonds this week dited his world 800m silver medal to his gay and lbian iends rponse, while the high jumper Emma Green-Tregaro pated her fgernails the lours of the was cricised by the home favoure Isbayeva, who fend the new law a prs nference before llectg her pole vlt gold medal at the World Athletics Champnships ments attracted wispread cricism and led Isbayeva to clarify her remarks a statement released via the IAAF, athletics' world erng body.
"But let me make clear I rpect the views of my fellow athlet and let me state the strongt terms that I am opposed to any discrimatn agast gay people on the grounds of their sexualy [which is agast the Olympic charter]. Rsian pole-vlt champn Yelena Isbayeva has reacted to strong cricism of her remarks about homosexuals, sayg she was misunrstood and oppos sexual discrimatn.
"If we allow to promote [gay relatns] and do all this stuff on the street, we are very aaid about our natn bee we nsir ourselv normal, standard people where boys live wh women, women live wh boys and everythg mt be fe here, " she said then. Those ments me reactn to petors at the World Athletics Champnships unr way Mosw who pated their fgernails rabow lors, which are a symbol of gay pri. "I feel sorry that [gay-rights activists] are tryg to volve the athlet such a problem, bee we do not prohib athlet om participatg Sochi [Olympic Gam] even if they have a nontradnal relatnship, " she said.
L'ATHLèTE SSE ISBAYEVA SUR L GAYS : "L HOMM VIVENT AVEC L FEMM"
The face of the world champnships, Yelena Isbayeva, has nmned Swe Emma Green-Tregaro's gture of support for the Rsian gay muny as disrpectful and said she supported the law banng the promotn of homosexualy. * yelena isinbayeva gay *
Isbayeva had cricized two Swes for highlightg gay rights issu. Yelena Isbayeva, the goln girl of Rsian sport, has sought to clarify her ntroversial ments about gay rights and her apparent cricism of fellow athlet for highlightg the issue at the world champnships Mosw.
Isbayeva reclaimed the women’s pole vlt tle ont of her adorg public on Tuday, then two days later fend her untry’s anti-gay propaganda law after receivg her medal.
She cricized two Swedish athlet who fied the anti-gay law by sportg what uld be seen as “propaganda” unr the new regulatns. Nner blasts Rsia on gay rights. High jumper Emma Green Tregaro and sprter Mao Hjelmer wore rabow-lored fgernails their events support of the gay rights movement.
YELENA ISBAYEVA SAYS SHE WAS MISUNRSTOOD ON RSIA’S ANTI-GAY LAW
En plee polémique sur la loi anti-gay votée par le Parlement sse, la star la perche, Yelena Isbayeva, s't attirée l foudr s défensrs s dros s homosexuels en soutenant cette législatn… * yelena isinbayeva gay *
CNN iReport: What ’s like to be gay Rsia. “But let me make clear I rpect the views of my fellow athlet and let me state the strongt terms that I am opposed to any discrimatn agast gay people on the grounds of their sexualy (which is agast the Olympic charter). Print Barack Obama spoke about the issue last week, sayg that “nobody’s more offend than me” by the anti-gay legislatn “you’ve been seeg Rsia, ” and some bars around the world have also stopped servg Rsian vodka prott of Rsia’s stance.
Read: Why Sochi is now a battleground for gay rights.
Pole vlter won her third world tle this week MoswTwo Swedish athlet peted wh fgernails pated rabow lorsIAAF say both opns should be rpectedMOSCOW (AP) — Pole vlt great Yelena Isbayeva nmned homosexualy Thursday after cricizg fellow petors who pated their fgernails rabow lors to support gays and lbians the face of a new anti-gay law Rsian, who won her third world tle Tuday ont of a boistero home crowd, me out favor of the law which has drawn sharp cricism and led Wtern activists to ll for a boytt of next year's Wter Olympics the Rsian rort of Sochi.
YELENA ISBAYEVA CLAIMS ‘MISUNRSTOOD’ OVER ANTI-GAY REMARKS
A rabow flag is often ed as a symbol of gay rights and gay pri, an issue that has gaed attentn om Wtern activists and entertaers sce Rsia's anti-gay law was passed June. Amerin middle-distance nner Nick Symmonds, who won the silver medal the 800 meters, voiced his support for gay rights a blog entry for "Runner's World" before the petn Mosw, Symmonds didn't want to ment on the issue, sayg, "You're not allowed to talk about here. " Then, after beatg his opponent badly, he would "silently dite the w to my gay and lbian iends back home.
ISBáYEVA ACLARA POLéMI SOBRE PROPAGANDA GAY
"The law do not explicly ban participatn gay pri paras or promotn of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr equaly onle, but anyone wearg a rabow flag on the street or wrg about gay relatnships on Facebook, for stance, uld be acced of the Internatnal Olympic Commtee and FIFA have asked the Rsian ernment for more clarifitn. ”As well as beg nsired one of the greatt pole vlters history, Isbayeva supported Put the 2012 Rsian printial electn and was part of a workg group that remend changg the untry’s nstutn to allow him to potentially rema power until 2036, stead of steppg down at the end of his term 2024 as prevly ’s also known for makg ntroversial ments 2013 apparently supportg a law Rsia makg illegal to give unr-18s rmatn about homosexualy.
She later blamed her poor English for the ensug ternatnal backlash and said she did not support discrimatg agast gay people, had actually tend to say that “people should rpect the laws of other untri particularly when they are guts. En plee polémique sur la loi anti-gay votée par le Parlement sse, la star la perche, Yelena Isbayeva, s't attirée l foudr s défensrs s dros s homosexuels en soutenant cette législatn et en ndamnant l'homosexualé.