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PARIS — Eurosport has dropped an Olympic swimming commentator from its Paris coverage for an "inappropriate" comment about women. British journalist Bob Ballard said on air after Australia won the 4x100-meter freestyle relay on Saturday: "Well, the women just finishing up. You know what women are like ... hanging around, doing their makeup." Co-commentator Lizzie Simmonds, who swam at the 2012 London Olympics for Britain, reacted on air by describing the comment as "outrageous."
