Robert Alai Joins the World In Blasting ‘Racist’ German Athlete Cindy Roleder Who Snubbed Jamaican Athlete At The IAAF World Championships 2015

As expected from each world event, the IAAF championships did not go down without its share of drama.

Black people from all over the world are expressing their revulsion after silver medalist Cindy Roleder of Germany is caught on camera brushing aside the gold medalist from Jamaica, Shermaine Williams who had gone on to congratulate her. This was after their IAAF World Championships 100-metre Hurdles final in Beijing, China.

The German quickly slaps aside the Jamaican’s hand in favor of hugging Belarus’ Alina Talay. An act that has been viewed as ‘racist’ with people all over the world blasting her for this.

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Robert Ali has gotten in on the action writing this”Number One from Jamaica tries to congratulate Number Two from German and the latter brushes her arm off. The white German saw it best to only hug a fellow white athlete.This looks bad and unsportman-like. Shermaine Williams (JAM) should not have got this treatment from Cindy Roleder (GER)”

Following the outrage over her supposed racist action, Roleder took to Facebook to apologize and explain herself: After I had realized that I won the silver medal in the 100m hurdles at the World Championships in Beijing, yesterday, I was extremely – it was such a massive surprise to me. Today I read in several Facebook posts and comments that people have been disappointed or even shocked because of the way I reacted to Shermaine Williams’ offer of a handshake afterwards, accusing me of refusing it.

“This is a big misunderstanding. I would like to set the record straight: I simply haven’t noticed her in this overwhelming moment. I have seen the TV footage, and to be honest it doesn’t look very good. But again, this is a big misunderstanding.

“As the pictures also show, I was completely focused on congratulating my friend Alina Talay on her bronze medal. I congratulate Shermaine Williams and all the other athletes who have participated in this great final. I hope you accept my apology. Best regards, Cindy.”