TORONTO — A Canadian basketball player is being “forced to decide between being a breastfeeding mom or an Olympic athlete.”
Kim Gaucher says COVID-19 rules prevent her from bringing her daughter, Sophie, who was born in March, to the Tokyo Olympics next month. In an Instagram video, she adds that she has tried appeals but “nobody can do anything.”
Kim Gaucher isn’t allowed to bring her four-month-old daughter to the Olympics with her. AP PhotoThe 37-year-old Gaucher is looking into options, such as shipping milk, but has run into complications.
Gaucher says Olympic organizers have said “no friends, no family, no exceptions.”
Canadian Olympic basketball player Kim Gaucher and daughter Sophie. @kgaucher/InstagramThe Canadian women’s team is ranked fourth in the world. Canada opens Olympic play against Serbia on July 26.
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