‘We’re all doomed,’ says Olympic gold medalist

An Olympic gold medalist who helped disrupt the journeys of 500,000 commuters in an Extinction Rebellion protest because he feared of the ‘collapse of civilisation’ was spared jail. Canoeist Etienne Stott, 40, was awarded an MBE after winning the slalom event with crewmate Tim Baillie at the 2012 London Olympics. He denied breaching a section 14 public order notice after blocking Waterloo Bridge during the demonstration with other climate activists on April 15 last year. Stott appeared at City of…