Olympics-Canoeing-Transgender judge champions daughter's fight for gender equality


FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Canoe Slalom - Men's C1 - Semifinal - Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre, Tokyo, Japan - July 26, 2021. Canoe Slalom official Kimberley Daniels poses before the start REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

(Corrects spelling of first name of judge in para 1.)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Kimberly Daniels is at the Tokyo Olympics to judge canoeing slalom, where her daughter Haley is representing Canada in an event newly introduced at the Games as a bid for greater gender equality.

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