Olympic skater gives away gold medal to protest China’s human rights abuses

Swedish Olympic champion Nils van der Poel gives his gold medal to Hong Kong dissident’s daughter ‘His decision to take a stand against China’s crackdown on freedom of expression should spur governments into action on this urgent issue’ – Alkan Akad Olympic champion Nils van der Poel gave his Beijing 2022 gold medal to the daughter of a Hong Kong dissident to protest the Chinese Government’s devastating human rights record. The Swedish athlete gave the men’s 10,000 metre speed skating medal he won at Beijing 2022 to Angela Gui who…

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