“I ask that you please stop writing these false headlines otherwise my time in the sport will be finished,” Chalmers shared on social media on Saturday.
After the 100m fly final, he decided to take the spot, which meant that Simpson, a pop star who returned to swimming in 2020 after a decade break, would not be on the world team (but would make Commonwealths, where a nation can enter three swimmers per individual event). Then at the meet (and before the 100m fly final), Chalmers said he had not made up his mind. Chalmers said before the meet that he planned to skip the world championships, which would have meant Simpson was upgraded to the second and final spot on the world championships team in the event. In the 100m butterfly at that meet, Chalmers took second and Simpson took third. We always put a good team together, and mixed relays are always fun.”Ĭhalmers said the headlines date back to May’s Australian trials. McKeon said that Chalmers did shake her hand, according to the Herald, saying, “He did. I find that really hard to believe that I didn’t say congratulations after the race.” “I said congratulations and we stood here right alongside you guys and spoke last night. “Did you watch the whole race?” Chalmers said, according to the newspaper.
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“There was points where I thought that I wouldn’t continue on and do the race, but that just lets the media win, right?”Ĭhalmers, who took 100m free gold and silver at the last two Olympics, was referring to headlines and media questions toward him at the Commonwealth Games about fellow Australian swimmers Emma McKeon, his former girlfriend, and Cody Simpson, who is now dating McKeon.Įarlier, Chalmers shared a Sydney Morning Herald article that reported that other media accused Chalmers of not congratulating McKeon after they were on the victorious mixed 4x100m free relay team Friday. I’m grateful that I was able to block it out enough to stand up and win tonight, but I just hope this is a learning point for everyone where no one else has to go through what I’ve had to go through the last couple of days. “It makes it a very, very challenging time. “It’s special to win, but unfortunately, I think it’s hard to enjoy the moment when all that’s happened has gone on,” Chalmers said on Australia’s Seven Network.
He ranks second in the world this year behind 17-year-old Romanian David Popovici, who swam 47.13 at June’s world championships. Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers won his signature race at the Commonwealth Games, then celebrated with a shush two days after saying recent “false headlines” about his relationship with Australian teammates threatened his future in swimming.Ĭhalmers took the 100m free on Monday in 47.51 seconds, a day after recording a Commonwealth Games record 47.36 in the semifinals in Birmingham, Great Britain.
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