Canoeist banned for ‘explicit’ social media post

Canoeists from the UK banned for two years for posting “explicit” video of themselves on social media.

Kurts Adams Rozentals, who uploaded a video of him performing what the sport called a “sexual act” on an airplane to his public Instagram account in March, was found guilty of gross misconduct by a disciplinary panel.

He has also been deselected from the World Class Programme, UK Sport’s lottery-funded initiative to assist athletes at the 2028 and 2032 Olympics, by Paddle UK, in addition to being prohibited from all competition and training.

Rozentals, 23, claimed he regrets watching the video but feels the punishment was “very extreme”

“And while I understand that the video might be called crazy, it shouldn’t be used as a justification for outlawing an athlete.”

Rozentals claimed Paddle UK has given him the most recent funding of £16,000 annually.

However, he claimed that between January and May, his social media videos had generated more than £100,000.

Following an independent investigation and hearing involving Rozentals, Paddle UK claimed a disciplinary panel made the decision.

Rozentals admitted posting an explicit video on their public Instagram profile, which was later removed because of its explicit nature, according to the governing body.

According to the organization, this was in violation of its disciplinary guidelines for “inappropriate, offensive, or immoral behavior” and “offensive use of social media.”

Rozentals had previously told the media that his suspension was related to his account on the popular adult-content website OnlyFans.

Rozentals “intentionally misled the press” in this regard, according to the panel.

Rozentals responded to a question from BBC Sport about whether he regrets the video, saying, “Looking back now, I probably wouldn’t post something like that. But I do recall the mentality I had when I shot and posted it. For the first time in my life’s life, my financial situation actually improved. For the first time, I was able to pay for the training.

After giving everything up for me to pursue my dream, my mother gave me the first opportunity to receive a nice gift. And it came from bizarre videos, including the one that caused me to be banned.

“I observed a clear correlation between my life changing as a result of making those kinds of videos. So, I was in the mindset that all I need to do to continue this was to continue creating videos like this. Our world is a bizarre place. I have no regrets about it.