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July 22, 2021

Spanish Swimmer Slams Olympic Rules Preventing Her from Breastfeeding Son During Games
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Spanish Olympic swimmer Ona Carbonell has criticized the Olympic
committee for imposing rules that made it nearly impossible for her to
continue breastfeeding her child while at the Olympics. On Wednesday,
she released a video expressing her "disappointment and disillusionment"
after she decided she couldn't bring her breastfeeding son to Tokyo
while she competed.

Ona Carbonell: "So I had to take a very tough decision, together with my
team, who's been helping me a lot, with my family, because the Japanese
government's impositions are not compatible with my athletic performance
and being with my family at the same time."



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