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Maddie Groves Fires New Shots at Swimming Australia President Kieren Perkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two months after she withdrew from the Australian Olympic Trials<\/a> due to claims of misogyny within Swimming Australia, 2016 Olympic silver medalist Maddie Groves<\/strong> has fired shots at Kieren Perkins<\/strong>, the President of Swimming Australia. Through social-media posts, Groves called out Perkins, a multi-time Olympic champion, for ignoring cultural problems within Australian swimming<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an interview last month, which followed a superb performance by Australia at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Perkins indicated that he was pleased with the current state of the sport Down Under. At one point in his interview with the Nine Network\u2019s Wide World of Sports, Perkins said he would \u201cdefy anyone to suggest there\u2019s a cultural issue in swimming at the moment.\u201d He also stated: \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean that we\u2019re perfect, it doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s not challenges, but to suggest that there\u2019s some kind of deep, endemic issue is miles away from the mark.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those comments from Perkins disturbed Groves, who used Instagram to form a rebuttal. Swimming Australia has created an independent unit to investigate the claims of Groves that misogyny is present, and has been demonstrated by some high-ranking coaches in the country. The results of the investigation will be released when it is concluded. Groves was particularly bothered by the fact that Perkins would \u201cdefy\u201d any suggestions of cultural issues while the investigation is underway.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow could anyone trust that Kieren will act on the report when he is already openly denying there are problems despite already being told about them,\u201d Groves said. \u201cIs this the right person to lead Australia\u2019s premier Olympic sport into the future. I don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Groves noted that she provided information to Perkins about misconduct when she had a meeting with the president in June.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also mentioned that I had received a significant number of messages from people reporting misconduct in Australian Swimming and at that time several people were willing to sign sworn affidavits outlining misconduct.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite knowing this, and the fact there is an ongoing investigation going on into Swimming Australia, Kieren thought it was appropriate to say these things publicly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen this article came out, I had people contact me saying they no longer felt comfortable making a submission because of these comments.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"