豪競泳五輪銀メダリスト、「女性蔑視」訴え五輪代表選考会を辞退

【シドニーＡＦＰ＝時事】競泳女子で二つの五輪銀メダルに輝くオーストラリアのマデリン・グローブスが１０日、「スポーツ界における女性蔑視の変質者と腰巾着」への反発として、東京五輪の代表選考会を辞退すると表明した。（写真はオーストラリアのマデリン・グローブス）
　２０１６年リオデジャネイロ五輪の女子２００メートルバタフライと４×１００メートルメドレーリレーで２位に入った２６歳のグローブスは、１２日に豪アデレードで始まる五輪選考会を前に電撃的な決断を下し、「スポーツ界における女性蔑視の変質者と腰巾着全員に対して、これを教訓にさせる」と自身のインスタグラムアカウントに投稿した。
　「選手たちを国の代表にして自分が毎年ボーナスを稼げるように、若い女性や少女たちを身体的に辱め、医学的に自分が正気ではないと思い込ませることは、もうこれ以上できなくなる。時間切れ」
　このコメントが誰に向けられたものかは定かではないものの、グローブスは昨年１２月にも自身のツイッターアカウントで、「競泳界で働く一人の人間が、水着姿の私を見るその目で私を不愉快にさせている」と訴えていた。
　また、その数日後には匿名のコーチからの「身の毛のよだつようなコメント」に関して書き込んだが、約１５分後には謝罪があったとして「彼はチームの心理学者から、そうするように言われたのかもしれない」とつづっていた。
　オーストラリア水泳連盟は同年の発表文で、「競泳界に関連する人物からの虐待を示唆したツイートに関して聞き取りを行うべく、当連盟は２０２０年１２月にマディー（グローブス）に連絡を入れた」と述べ、グローブスへの連絡を試みていると明かしていた。
　同連盟のキーレン・パーキンス会長は、グローブスが正式に苦情の申し立てを行っていないとし、同選手に連絡するよう促している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/06/11-20:28）

Blaming misogynistic perverts in sport and their boot lickers, dual Olympic silver medallist Maddie Groves has pulled out of Australia's swimming trials for the Tokyo Games.
The 26-year-old, who came second in the 200-metre butterfly and 4x100 medley relay at the 2016 Rio Olympics, made the shock revelation ahead of the trials starting in Adelaide on Saturday.
Let this be a lesson to all misogynistic perverts in sport and their boot lickers, she said on Instagram late Thursday in explaining the move.
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. Time's UP.
The target of her comments was not clear, but last November she complained on Twitter about a person that works at swimming making me feel uncomfortable the way they stare at me in her swimming costume.
She also wrote days later about a creepy comment made by an unnamed coach, who she said apologised 15 minutes later possibly cause the team psych told him to.
Swimming Australia president Kieren Perkins said Groves had not made any official complaint, and urged her to get in touch.
Unfortunately Maddie is certainly struggling a little bit at the moment it would seem, based on the social media posts that she's putting up, he told Channel Nine television Friday.
The reality is, that's all we know, what's on social media, she's at no time contacted Swimming Australia, we haven't been able to talk to her directly and go through her concerns to find out what's going on.
I can certainly reassure her that claims like these are of the utmost importance to us, and providing a safe environment for all of our participants is absolutely paramount to us, he added.
Former 1500m freestyle Olympic champion Perkins stressed the governing body could only look into the matter if a complaint was lodged.
Unfortunately, social media posts don't constitute any actionable claim for us. We actually need to sit down and talk to people about this, he said.
We would love to do that and we'd like Maddie to come and speak with us if she feels that she can.
Despite withdrawing from the trials, Groves indicated she was not calling time on her career, saying she looked forward to racing at some other competitions later in the year.