A warning post written months before an Australian swimming star boycotted the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games because of misogynistic perverts has resurfaced, showing her decision may have been a long time coming.
Maddie Groves announced on Wednesday she would not swim at the Olympic trials in Adelaide, due to begin this weekend, after calling out the misogynistic perverts and their boot lickers she says are running the sport.
The 26-year-old winner of two Olympic silver medals at the 2016 Games in Rio then unleashed on the Australian swimming community and in particular those in charge in a series of blistering social media posts on Thursday.