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Child rapist Steven van de Velde weeps in first interview since Olympics outrage

www.mirror.co.uk Olympic athlete who raped British girl weeps in interview after Paris games

Steven van de Velde, who was jailed for raping a 12 year old girl in 2014, was allowed to compete in the Paris Olympics and has now spoken out on the controversy

Olympic athlete who raped British girl weeps in interview after Paris games

Van de Velde was booed and jeered while competing at the Games. Dutch Olympic officials went to lengths to protect him from the press during the event.

He has now opened up to Dutch publication NOS about his experience, admitting that while he anticipated backlash, the intensity of it took him by surprise. "I definitely had a moment of breaking down, both before the tournament and during it. But I thought 'I'm not going to give others the power to bully me away or get me away'.

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