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Breastfeeding Athletes Will Be Allowed To Bring Babies To The Tokyo Olympics

Emily Zanotti
Breastfeeding Athletes Will Be Allowed To Bring Babies To The Tokyo Olympics
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Female athletes who are breastfeeding infants will be able to bring those children with them to Tokyo, according to Tokyo Olympic organizers, clarifying the event’s COVID-19 restrictions.

As the Daily Wire reported last week, a Canadian basketball player, Kim Gaucher, publicly objected to an Olympic COVID-19 restriction that barred athletes’ “friends” and “family” from attending Olympic events — a restriction that barred Gaucher from bringing her three-month-old infant who is still nursing.

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