{"id":475660,"date":"2021-06-10T21:18:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T04:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=475660"},"modified":"2021-06-11T09:17:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T16:17:28","slug":"hitting-out-at-misogynistic-perverts-maddie-groves-withdraws-from-australian-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/hitting-out-at-misogynistic-perverts-maddie-groves-withdraws-from-australian-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitting Out at \u2018Misogynistic Perverts,\u2019 Maddie Groves Withdraws from Australian Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maddie Groves,<\/strong> who won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly, has withdrawn from Australian Trials, hitting out on social media at \u201cmisogynistic perverts in sport and their boot lickers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Groves made the announcement first on Instagram, without reference to her concerns. (She is, however, wearing a favorite swimsuit with cartoon hands giving the middle finger.)<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Maddie Groves (@mad_groves)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n