British rugby sevens player Amy Wilson-Hardy has been withdrawn from the Olympics on medical grounds after it emerged she was being investigated over an alleged racist remark.
Officials are understood to be looking into a screengrab of a WhatsApp conversation that was posted on social media which allegedly involves the Team GB forward.
She was due to play in the 5th-8th place play-off match against China on Tuesday afternoon, but moments before the game was scheduled to begin the British Olympic Association said she had been withdrawn.
A BOA spokesperson said: “The British Olympic Association has confirmed that Amy Wilson-Hardy has been withdrawn on medical grounds from the Paris 2024 rugby sevens placement matches and will be replaced by Tokyo 2020 Olympian Abi Burton.”
In the screengrab, which was posted on social media by a newly-created Instagram account, the 32-year-old appears…
