{"id":83151,"date":"2021-06-10T07:02:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T07:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=83151"},"modified":"2021-06-10T10:58:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T10:58:20","slug":"olympic-star-quits-over-misogynistic-perverts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=83151","title":{"rendered":"Olympic star quits over &#039;misogynistic perverts&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time Olympic silver medallist Maddie Groves has quit Australia&#x27;s swimming trials and launched more explosive claims at unnamed &quot;misogynistic perverts&quot; she says exist in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Groves, who won two silver medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, posted the latest broadside on social media on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;You can no longer exploit young women and girls, body shame or medically gaslight them and then expect them to represent you so you can earn your annual bonus,&quot; Groves wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CP63L5Fg5w5\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-instagram\" data-show-caption=\"true\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CP63L5Fg5w5\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Time&#x27;s UP.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The Australian swimming trials begin on Saturday in Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>Groves, a butterfly swimmer from Queensland, reposted her claims on Instagram with an additional caption.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Putting this on the feed for emphasis,&quot; Groves wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Make them pervs quake in fear from the number of people supporting a statement that threatens their existence.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"102c2cb6-53e7-4095-aefd-28c48f877d12\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/102c2cb6-53e7-4095-aefd-28c48f877d12\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"5184\" data-height=\"3456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has endometriosis and adenomyosis.<\/p>\n<p>Groves received online support from fellow Australian athletes, including Paralympian Monique Murphy, diver Brittany O&#x27;Brien and swimmer Taylor McKeown.<\/p>\n<p>Last year Groves revealed she had made a complaint, which she alleges is about a &quot;person that works at swimming making me feel uncomfortable the way they stare at me in my togs.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"52fab9ba-6a96-4e83-8efa-119fefd67b90\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/52fab9ba-6a96-4e83-8efa-119fefd67b90\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"4107\" data-height=\"2310\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Groves added that she felt &quot;very relieved&quot; after withdrawing from the Olympic trials but said she planned to continue her swimming career.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m looking forward to racing at some other competitions later in the year (yeah sorry\/not sorry, you haven&#x27;t got rid of me just yet!),&quot; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m so excited to watch everyone at trials and to see who will be representing Australia in Tokyo \u2014 whatever happens I genuinely think this will be one of the fastest Australian Swim Teams ever and I encourage everyone to get on the bandwagon early.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Two-time Olympic silver medallist Maddie Groves has quit Australia&#x27;s swimming trials and launched more explosive claims at unnamed &quot;misogynistic perverts&quot; 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