- Athlete Matilda Kearns is furious at the change in ticket sales for the Games
- Australian athletes no longer receive free entry for a family member
- Kearns complained about staggering ticket prices in Paris
Australian Olympic water polo star Matilda Kearns has called on the Paris Games to change its ticketing system and exposed the exorbitant prices that will be charged to fans.
Kearns, daughter of Wallabies legend Phil Kearns, took to TikTok to announce that athletes competing in the Olympics this year will not receive a single free ticket for a family member or friend.
In the clip, he showed off his laptop displaying ticket prices, and a seat was $1,625 AUD.
“POV, our family and friends will have to pay up to $1,625 per ticket to see just ONE of our games at the Olympics,” he wrote in the clip.
Matilda Kearns (pictured) criticized the absurd ticket prices for the Paris Olympics
Kearns captioned the post: “We didn’t even get ONE free ticket for our families.”
In the comments section, he noted that the Paris Games are the first to implement this rule.
‘Every other Olympic Games has done it, but this one, for some reason, hasn’t! Not even ONE entry,” he wrote.
Kearns’ supporters were outraged by the move.
“Surely the Australian Olympic team buys tickets for your family… I mean, you guys represent our country and deserve support in the stands,” one TikTok user responded.
‘That’s ridiculous! And how can they even justify those ticket prices? said another.
“I really wanted to go, but it’s very expensive,” posted a third.
Kearns was a member of the Australian Stingers team that competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where the team finished fifth.
Kearns was dismayed that athletes competing in the Games were not offered a free ticket for a family member or friend.
They were eliminated in the quarterfinals after losing 9-8 to Russia, and Kearns wants to do better this time.
“Tokyo was missing crowds because no one could get there,” he said. sporting dogs.
“We went there to look for a medal and we were lucky in the quarterfinals against Russia and they beat us by one. We look back and are disappointed with fifth place.
“People say ‘great, you finished fifth,’ but we were there to get a medal and we didn’t, so that’s definitely some fuel for Paris.”
‘Obviously I want to beat fifth place, but I really want to be on top of that podium. I’m not going to settle for much less than that.