Thank you all for supporting this petition to the IOC to prevent a convicted child rapist from competing in the Olympics.

It is important that anyone who has a sexual assault history and has been convicted of grooming & assaulting children not be allowed to

• live or work in Olympic Village with minors
• represent any country as Olympiad

It is especially important to support survivors, their families & communities by saying loudly that this is not ok - that your lives matter more. Your life matters more.

That a convicted rapist should not be in the news, in media, in the Olympics which is a place of honor after his vile actions caused irreconcilable harm to a child. 

Meanwhile it's reported that the Dutch Olympic Committee is focused only on gold, not on true Olympic code of ethics:

"It should be noted that the Dutch are not sending several golfers who qualified for Paris after their Olympic committee said their world rankings suggest they would not have a realistic chance to compete.

The Netherlands Golf Federation said in a statement Tuesday it presented "extensive arguments and data" in a June 14 meeting with the Dutch committee, hopeful of showing unique differences in golf compared with other sports."

Please share this petition, demand the IOC, France, peacefully block Steven Van de Velde from participating in the Olympic games.

Thank you!