Disinformation around the 2024 Olympics: Checking out the big claims about scandals

On August 4, 2024, the YouTube channel “NEWS.BY: news of Belarus and the world” had a program called “The most failed Olympics. Transgenders in the fight against women, the consequences of the swim on the Seine”.
In particular, it said:

The issue of cleaning the Seine River was even more acute before the Olympics. After all, this is where the triathletes performed. But it was apparently not possible to cope with this task completely. Yes, the tournament took place, but look at these shots. Although the athletes managed to pass the Seine test, but at what cost. The Canadian athlete after the start This, to put it mildly, was sick of the swim he had experienced. According to Franz, the 24th Canadian filed a lawsuit against Wet, because, according to him, the triathlete was unable to achieve a good result due to poor health after swimming in the Seine. The poor guy threw up 10 times after the end of the race. The rats in the city, sometimes peeking out of the sewers, add to the entourage of all this. Therefore, for cleaning the Seine, and accordingly the conditions of the competition in this part of Paris, we can safely put Neut. Then there is the question of organizing a boxing tournament, a separate story. It is also terrible. We are talking about women’s boxing, where transgender people continue to win. Lin Yuting, who considers himself a woman, but failed the gender test, defeated the representative of Uzbekistan with a score of 5-0. The girl could not hold back her tears and did not shake her opponent’s hand at the end of the fight. And a little earlier, a male athlete from Lizhiv defeated an Italian, who was forced to stop the fight, fearing for her health. Moreover, Angelica Carini announced her retirement. What is happening at the Olympic Games is a disgrace of all times, said the President of the International Boxing Association. Umar Kremlev promised that the IBA will award both injured athletes as for the first place at the Olympics and will protect every woman in boxing from gender discrimination. Hungary also asked the IOC for an explanation. And here we boldly give the organizers a no, because the Olympics, first of all, is a clear path to victory. American politician Valentina Gomez has already spoken out on this matter. These transgender people should have their own category, because before, if a man beat a woman, he was sent to prison. Now you get a gold medal for this at the Olympics. These are the worst Olympic Games in history. They ridiculed Christianity and women.

Our verdict based on the analysis:

Verdict: Incorrect

Reasons:

• The thesis or claim is completely false: information from several sources or the opinions of several experts in a particular field contradict it.
• The cause-and-effect relationships and connections clearly do not exist as claimed.
• When quoting, essential parts are omitted, rearranged, changed, or incorrectly translated from a foreign language, resulting in a fundamental change in the meaning of what is said.
• The event occurred in significant respects differently than stated.

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