Winter Olympics Team Gb Skier Targets Ice With Graphic Message Written In Snow

Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy has launched a blistering onslaught connected US Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers by urinating nan words “Fuck Ice” connected nan snowfall conscionable earlier nan commencement of nan Winter Olympics.

In a station connected Instagram nan 34-year-old, who will compete for Team GB successful nan free-ski half-pipe successful Milano Cortina, besides urged Americans to constitute to their senators to “rein in” ICE and separator patrol.

“Innocent group person been murdered, and capable is enough,” said Kenworthy. “We can’t hold astir while ICE continues to run pinch unchecked powerfulness successful our communities.

“Senators still person leverage correct now … and must usage it to request existent guardrails and accountability – including getting ICE and CBP [customs and separator protection] retired of our communities, ending blank-check backing for brutality, and establishing clear limits connected warrantless arrests, profiling, and enforcement astatine delicate locations for illustration schools and hospitals.”

Gus Kenworthy’s connection successful nan snow. Photograph: @guskenworthy

He past doubled down connected his connection connected Friday morning, pinch different station that said: “My past station was pee truthful it only felt due to travel it up pinch a lil’ dump … of photos from January. Yes, I americium a child.”

The 34-year-old’s comments are peculiarly notable fixed that Ice agents are present successful Milan arsenic portion of nan information item for nan US vice president JD Vance, who is attending nan opening ceremonial successful Milan.

However he will not beryllium punished for violating Rule 50.2 of nan Olympic Charter which states that “No benignant of objection aliases political, belief aliases group propaganda is permitted successful immoderate Olympic sites, venues aliases different areas”, arsenic he made nan station connected societal media.

An IOC media spokesperson confirmed: “During nan Olympic Games, each participants person nan opportunity to definitive their views arsenic per nan Athlete Expression Guidelines. The IOC does not modulate individual societal media posts”.

Kenworthy, who was calved successful Chelmsford but moved to Colorado erstwhile his family emigrated erstwhile he was 2 years old, competed for Team US successful 2014 and 2018. He past switched allegiances to Team GB for nan past Winter Games successful Beijing, finishing eighth, but still lives successful nan US.

It is not nan first clip that Kenworthy has spoken out. Before nan 2022 Games, he was openly captious of nan determination to big nan Games successful China, citing nan country’s quality authorities grounds and curen of nan LGBTQ+ community.

Team GB did not remark straight connected nan post. However it is understood that they are not concerned arsenic they judge it is simply a individual sentiment connected a taxable extracurricular of nan Olympic Games, and Kenworthy doesn’t invoke Team GB successful immoderate way, style aliases shape successful nan post.