A whistleblower has sent a follow-up complaint to the International Swimming Federation (FINA) over the alleged conduct of one of the organisation's vice-presidents and diving Bureau Liaison Zhou Jihong, at last year's re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo, who has been accused of bullying a judge.
Following the conclusion of an initial Ethics Panel judgement on November 29, it was revealed to insidethegames that a new complaint was made by a whistleblower, who has asked to remain anonymous.
Earlier, insidethegames saw the formal hearing with the FINA Ethics Panel detailing the previous complaint made by Diving New Zealand (DNZ) and FINA judge Lisa Wright, against Zhou, an Olympic gold medallist.
This initial dispute ran from September until November, with the follow-up complaint seem set to provide further information on the alleged behaviour of the administrator.
Although this judgement between Wright and Zhou has been finalised, the document has not yet been made public.
Wright is an official of DNZ, whose experience includes working at competitions such as Tokyo 2020, the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.
The 57-year-old Zhou was accused of verbally abusing Wright during the Games after the conclusion of the men's 10-metre platform final, in which Chinese divers Cao Yuan and Yang Jian won the gold and silver medals, respectively, ahead of Britain's Tom Daley.
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