Bullying and "unethical behaviour" allegations made against the International Swimming Federation (FINA) vice-president for Asia, Zhou Jihong at last year's re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo, have been comprehensively detailed by a whistleblower in a document shown to insidethegames.
Zhou, elected to her position in July 2021, is alleged to have been involved in an altercation with FINA judge Lisa Wright during the men's 10-metre platform final, with the diving Bureau Liaison criticising the New Zealand delegate for marking Chinese divers lower.
In that final, Cao Yuan and Yang Jian won gold and silver medals respectively for China, while Britain's Tom Daley won bronze.
An initial Ethics Panel judgement concluded on November 29 last year, but it was later revealed exclusively to insidethegames that a whistleblower had followed up with a separate complaint after being dissatisfied with the hearing outcome.
At the time of writing on March 9, the Ethics Panel judgement had not been made public on the FINA website, but has now been published.
Diving New Zealand (DNZ) and Wright initially sent a letter of complaint to the FINA executive director Brent Nowicki on September 6 last year of the allegations, with the Ethics Panel claiming it had no jurisdiction to decide on any of the complaints under the Rules of Protection from Harassment and Abuse.
FINA Technical Diving Committee (TDC) member Simon Latimer has been revealed as the whistleblower of the follow-up complaint, who...
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