{"id":1446,"date":"2022-08-01T18:08:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T18:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/commonwealth-games-australia-swimmer-kyle-chalmers-threatens-to-quit-over-false-headlines\/"},"modified":"2022-08-01T18:08:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T18:08:26","slug":"commonwealth-games-australia-swimmer-kyle-chalmers-threatens-to-quit-over-false-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/commonwealth-games-australia-swimmer-kyle-chalmers-threatens-to-quit-over-false-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games: Australia swimmer Kyle Chalmers threatens to quit over ‘false headlines’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Kyle Chalmers (second right) won gold in the mixed 4×100 freestyle relay at the Commonwealth Games, alongside former girlfriend Emma McKeon (left)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers says his “time in the sport will be finished” if “false headlines” continue to circulate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 2016 Olympic champion has dismissed talk of a rift with Commonwealth Games swimming team-mates Cody Simpson and Emma McKeon. Simpson is reportedly dating McKeon, Chalmers’ ex-girlfriend.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Posting on <\/span>Instagram,<\/span>external-link<\/title><\/svg><\/span><\/a> the 24-year-old said “tonight is the breaking point”.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I am your poster boy from 2016 and I’m your villain in 2022,” Chalmers added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chalmers – who won the 100m freestyle Olympic title in Rio six years ago – has earned two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, as part of Australia’s 4x100m freestyle mixed relay and 4x100m freestyle relay. <\/span><\/p>\n

He added: “Up until this point, I’ve tried to just keep on moving forward but tonight I ask that you please stop writing these false headlines, otherwise my time in the sport will be finished.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Chalmers’ comments were echoed by Madi Wilson, who said members of the team were “deflated” despite winning gold medals.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Some of the lines of questioning [by journalists] is hurting my team-mates and enough is enough,” she wrote on her Instagram story. “Be careful of what you read.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Scotland’s Duncan Scott, who will have to beat Chalmers if he is to retain his Commonwealth 100m freestyle title on Monday, said the Australian is a “servant to the sport” after the pair advanced from the semi-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Kyle has a point to prove,” he said. “The media have been pretty tough on him the last few days – even this season in fact. <\/span><\/p>\n

“He’s an absolute servant to the sport . What he’s done in the 100m freestyle is remarkable. He’s someone that I look up to a lot and we’re good mates as well. So it’ll be a good battle.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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