Eurosport commentator Bob Ballard has been removed from the broadcaster’s coverage of the Olympic Games after he made a sexist remark regarding ‘s female swimmers.
After securing gold in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay, ‘s quartet – consisting of Emma McKeon, Shayna Jack, Mollie O’Calloghan and Meg Harris – made their way out of the Paris Aquatic Centre.
At this point, experienced commentator Ballard said: ‘Well, the women just finishing up. You know what women are like… hanging around, doing their make-up.’
A clip of the comment has since gone viral on social media and Eurosport has opted to act swiftly, removing Ballard from their coverage of the sporting bonanza.
A commentator has been removed for making a sexist remark about ‘s swimmers
Eurosport commentator Bob Ballard has been removed from the Paris Olympics
‘During a segment of Eurosport’s coverage last night, commentator Bob Ballard made an inappropriate comment,’ a statement from the broadcaster read.
‘To that end, he has been removed from our commentary roster with immediate effect.’
Lizzie Simmonds, who was alongside Ballard on commentary duty, described the comment as ‘outrageous’.
Ballard has yet to comment publicly since making the remark which has caused outrage online.
The embarrassing moment comes as Paris organisers have promoted the event as ‘The Equal Games’, with the IOC celebrating the fact that women now make up 50 percent of its participants.