After reporting FINA vice president Zhou Jihong for “unethical behavior” last December, whistleblower Simon Latimer was replaced as a member of the Diving Technical Committee on Sunday.

Latimer was the only former member of the committee who was nominated but not elected. Zhou is a member of the FINA Bureau that decided on the new members on the last day of the World Championships in Budapest.

Zhou, meanwhile, will remain in her role of Bureau Liaison despite the FINA Ethics Panel’s recent recommendation that the position be removed because it “creates confusion, conflict and discord.”

The Ethics Panel investigated Zhou in the wake of an incident at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, when she was accused of verbally abusing FINA judge Lisa Wright following the men’s 10-meter platform final.

“She was on poolside screaming at me and yelling at me — it was definitely one of the most humiliating experiences of my life,” Wright told CNN. “I just said I’m sorry you feel that way and I left and ended up crying in the bathroom, which was definitely not how you want to end your premier event of the Olympics.”

Latimer, a fellow New Zealand native, later came forward supporting Wright’s allegations, adding that Zhou also has a history of coaching Chinese divers during major competitions and manipulating judging panels to benefit Chinese divers. Video has since surfaced of Zhou coaching Chinese divers at the 2017 World Championships and 2021 Olympics.

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