What's Behind A Threat To Slap "Neutral" On A Dolphins Cap?
A high-level World Aquatics delegation will fly into Australia this weekend ahead of a meeting on Monday with Swimming Australia that carries a threat of Dolphins racing as "Neutrals" if the domestic federation does not meet the demands of the global regulator. What's it all about?
Editorial: Could the Dolphins providing constant challenge to USA supremacy in the pool soon be treated like Russians and Belorussians, as neutrals and outcasts, because of the political row still rumbling between Australian swimming authorities and the global regulator World Aquatics?
That's the question being posed Down Under today as Swimming Australia prepares to meet the Americans at the helm of World Aquatics power and other officials flying in this weekend ahead of crisis talks with national board members and stakeholders next Monday.
The issues are not exactly a mystery, though the waters may be murkier than official agendas suggest.
