Grainger stated she had not spoken on to Kenworthy in regards to the message and that she was not conscious of his emotions concerning returning to the USA after the Video games.

The skier, who lives within the USA however competes for Nice Britain, shared the picture – during which ‘ICE’ was preceded by an expletive – on Instagram every week earlier than he is because of compete on the Winter Olympics in Italy.

In his Instagram submit, Kenworthy stated: “Harmless individuals have been murdered and sufficient is sufficient. We will not wait round whereas ICE continues to function with unchecked energy in our communities.”

A spokesperson from the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) advised the Press Affiliation on Friday that Kenworthy wouldn’t be punished for the submit.

The IOC stated of Kenworthy’s assertion: “Throughout the Olympic Video games, all contributors have the chance to precise their views as per the athlete expression tips. The IOC doesn’t regulate private social media posts.”

The US stated they’d ship ICE brokers to the Video games to assist assist American safety operations, prompting anger from the Italian overseas workplace and residents.

US vice-president JD Vance was in Milan for Friday’s opening ceremony on the San Siro stadium, the place he and spouse Usha had been roundly booed by the gang after they appeared on huge screens on the enviornment.

Kenworthy, 34, was born in Chelmsford however has lived in the US for many of his life.

He gained silver within the ski slopestyle on the Sochi 2014 Video games whereas representing the US, in addition to 5 medals on the X Video games.

He switched to symbolize Staff GB in 2019, competing on the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, and can characteristic within the males’s snowboard halfpipe occasion, with qualifying starting on 19 February in Livigno, Italy.