# Imbecilic Olympic, "controversy."

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Tags:** olympic-sports-track\
**Created:** [July 31, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031 "2024-07-31T00:00:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 173

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031/173 "2024-08-01T06:27:58Z")

</div>

> [@Sylvanz](#):
>
> Ugh! I hadn’t heard about that.

We talked about it over here:

> [@Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1936):
>
> [The Netherlands is sending someone who raped a child to participate in the Olympics.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/sent-jail-raping-child-dutch-130101163.html) (The link goes to Yahoo.) The Netherlands’ Olympic chief has said he is “surprised” at reactions towards [Steven van de Velde](https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Steven%20van%20de%20Velde), the Dutch beach volleyball player who served time in prison for raping a child 10 years ago and who will represent the Netherlands at this year’s [Olympics](https://cnn.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo). Van de Velde, who is now 29, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2014 for raping the girl who was aged 12, according to [Briti…](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-35861441)

And yeah, it’s pretty fucked up.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imbecilic-olympic-controversy/1005031)._