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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Rachel Steinberg

Serena Williams’ husband wants spotlight on ‘actual athletes’ amid Sydney Sweeney ad backlash

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is aiming to redirect the public spotlight back towards "actual athletes" in the wake of significant pushback from female Olympians regarding a controversial betting company advertisement featuring Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney.

The internet entrepreneur's innovative all-female track meeting, Athlos, makes its debut appearance in the UK on Friday at a sold-out StoneX stadium in London, where Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell are among those competing for Tiffany-crafted crowns and a share of the 1,057,000 million US dollar (£790,266) prize pot.

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