Swimming: Australian set to review London flop

“Th work will cover our swimmers, coaches, our executive management group and the board,” says SA Chief Nettlefold.

SYDNEY: Australian swimming officials announced an independent review of the sport’s culture at the elite level yesterday after a poor show at the London Olympics. Swimming Australia (SA), the sport’s governing body in the country, said consultancy Bluestone Edge would lead a probe of top level ‘culture and leadership’, in parallel with a broader post-Olympics review already underway. “The work will cover our swimmers, coaches, our executive management group and the board,” said SA Chief Barclay Nettlefold. He added that Bluestone ‘have been engaged in similar work with elite sporting teams and corporate organisations, with demonstrated success’.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 14^th, 2012.