Kaillie Humphries Leaves Canadian Bobsleigh Team Amid Harassment Complaint
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Canadian double Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries is leaving the Canadian bobsleigh team after filing a harassment complaint against Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton. She is set to join the American team after marrying American former brakeman Travis Armbruster. The conflict between Humphries and the Canadian federation has been ongoing for over a year, with Humphries alleging she was subjected to verbal and mental abuse.
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[...] Propose only one translation solution; in any 'multiple choice', all errors will be counted. You will justify your translation of highlighted segments. Article: have not chosen to leave, I am being steered out" - Kaillie Humphries The American bobsleigh team was preparing this Friday to welcome Kaillie Humphries after the Canadian double Olympic champion announced her intention to join its ranks. On Saturday, Humphries is to marry American former brakeman Travis Armbruster, which will open to her the doors of the American team, her lawyer Jeffrey Rath stated. [...]
[...] He particularly asserts other athletes were threatened to be blacklisted should they work with Humphries. (The 34-year-old athlete will be able to change teams once she is released from Bobsleigh Canada. According to international rules, she must be released before September 30 so she may champion her new colors this season. A double Olympic champion (2010, 2014) and a four-time winner in the World Cup general ranking, Humphries has already been invited to take part in the upcoming U.S. pushing championship. [...]
[...] In the present case, Kaillie Humphries' poor relations with her team have been ongoing both FOR a period of one year and SINCE the precise event of filing a complaint. As she has not yet left the team, this situation is still on the agenda. Filing a complaint is a punctual action that now belongs to the past, it therefore remains in the preterit. The conflict, on the other hand, has not yet been resolved, it is therefore expressed in the present perfect simple (it is a state, not an activity, let's say regular). [...]
[...] Humphries is suing Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton, which prevents her from leaving the team. have not chosen to leave, I am being steered out because I filed a harassment complaint. They withdrew my funding and my supports and forced me to take this decision", Humphries also pointed in an email Humphries disclosed the nature of this complaint on Friday, specifying she endured "terrible verbal and mental abuse in many occasions from Bobsleigh Canada's chief trainer".[?]" CBC Published on September 13, 2019 Source: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/1299257/bobsleigh-etats-unis-kaillie-humphries Justifications: In a sentence in the future, a subordinate clause starting with once, as soon as, or even when(ever) stay in the present In the present case, the event of Kaillie Humphries' contract termination belongs to a future, or even a very hypothetical conditional. [...]
