Swimming SA accused of sidelining women
Axed water polo coach slams all-male leadership structure of national female team
Allegations of patriarchal power games, maladministration and inappropriate behaviour are at the centre of a messy fight between axed national water polo coach Sarah Harris and Swimming SA.
The axing of Harris, Pearson High School’s head of aquatics, was also cited as the reason two top players quit the national team, which suffered a humiliating 33-0 drubbing by the Netherlands at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in South Korea on Sunday...
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