still thinking about Mori’s comment

https://www.ibtimes.com/tennis-star-osaka-slams-ignorant-sexism-tokyo-olympics-chief-3139181

Be floored 倒される

The 83-year-old Mori made the comments during an online meeting of the Japanese Olympic Committee on Wednesday and apologized a day later, saying he retracted the comments but would not resign from the games post.

retracted 引っ込める

“I think conferences dragged on as I was asking questions from my standpoint as an amateur,” said Inazawa, an extraordinary professor at Showa Women’s University who rejected Mori’s assertion.

Assertion しばしば皮肉で　主張

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/02/ddfc41b669a4-female-rugby-union-board-member-says-moris-comment-directed-at-her.html