The canoe slalom athlete, who was part of Paddle UK’s World Class Programme for Olympic hopefuls, was initially suspended in April by the governing body and has now been de-selected from the elite programme entirely.
Rozentals, a 23-year-old canoe slalom athlete, had said he began using OnlyFans, a subscription-based service that allows users to monetise content, some of it adult in nature, to post ‘spicy’ material to fund his Olympic dream.
However, a disciplinary panel found that he admitted posting an explicit video on Instagram which was “subsequently removed given its explicit nature”.
“The athlete had intentionally misinformed the press that his suspension was related to his OnlyFans social media account,” Paddle UK said in a statement.
The governing body said his actions amounted to gross misconduct and brought Paddle UK’s name into “serious disrepute”.
–Reuters–
