FILE PHOTO: Swimming - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - Women's 50m Butterfly Semifinal 2 - Optus Aquatic Centre - Gold Coast, Australia - April 7, 2018. Madeline Groves of Australia reacts. REUTERS/David Gray/File photo
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Double Olympic silver medallist Madeline Groves has pulled out of Australia's swimming trials for the Tokyo Games, citing "misogynistic perverts in sport".
Groves, who won silver in the 200 metres butterfly and 4x100 medley at the 2016 Rio Games, announced her decision on Instagram before following up with a furious tirade on Twitter on Thursday.
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