{"id":85474,"date":"2021-06-15T08:03:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T08:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=85474"},"modified":"2021-06-15T13:06:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T13:06:58","slug":"swimming-australia-admits-fault-amid-awful-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=85474","title":{"rendered":"Swimming Australia admits fault amid awful allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swimming Australia<\/a> has accepted it "could have done better" and committed to a zero-tolerance stance as allegations of abuse continue to rock the governing body<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chief executive Alex Baumann and deputy chair Tracy Stockwell addressed the media in Adelaide today, several days after swimming star Maddie Groves withdrew from this year's Olympic trials in a protest against "misogynistic perverts", ruling her out of the Tokyo Games.<\/p>\n

Baumann told reporters that the Swimming Australia<\/a> board had today held a "regularly scheduled meeting" and addressed Groves' allegations, which she laid bare on social media last Thursday.<\/p>\n

In that meeting, Swimming Australia committed to two "priorities": a zero-tolerance approach against abuse and a more easily accessible complaints process.<\/p>\n

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"Swimming Australia is committed to a zero-tolerance approach to inappropriate behaviour across any level of swimming associated with our organisation," Baumann said.<\/p>\n

"In addition, we acknowledge the complaints process should be easily accessible and we have committed to ensuring all our members are aware of our avenues to access this process.<\/p>\n

"The independent pathways through the Australian Institute of Sport and Sport Integrity Australia may not have been communicated clearly in the past. We could have done better.<\/p>\n

"In the next 24 hours we will be sending a communication to all of our community reiterating the avenues of process for any complaint. This information will be communicated on the Swimming Australia website, as well."<\/p>\n

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Among Groves' allegations are complaints of body shaming and young female swimmers being told to take on unnecessary diets.<\/p>\n

Swimming Australia has implored the Rio Olympics 200-metre butterfly silver medallist to make her allegations official. The governing body has also tried to make contact with the 26-year-old, but she is yet to reply.<\/p>\n

On the back of Groves' allegations, Swimming Australia has committed to setting up an all-female independent panel to investigate the treatment of women and girls in the industry.<\/p>\n

Stockwell gave an update on the forming of that panel in her press conference with Baumann.<\/p>\n

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"We're making quite a bit of progress," Stockwell said.<\/p>\n

"We have a draft terms of reference for the formation of our panel. This has gone through our integrity and ethics committee, as well as the board today, and we're still finessing that.<\/p>\n

"This is an important step. We're really encouraged by the public interest in this work, and we've had a number of impressive candidates expressing a willingness to be involved since the announcement on Saturday."<\/p>\n

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