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Australian review of London swim flop

Australian swimming announced an independent review of the sport's culture at elite level after a poor show at the London Olympics and rumours of drug pranks and initiation rituals.

File picture. Australian swimming officials announced an independent review of the sport's culture at elite level after a poor show at the London Olympics and rumours of drug pranks and initiation rituals. Australia's swimmers won just one gold, six silvers and three bronzes in London, their lowest tally in the pool since the 1992 Barcelona Games.

Australia's swimmers won just one gold, six silvers and three bronzes in London, their lowest tally in the pool since the 1992 Barcelona Games, and were without an individual gold medallist for the first time since Montreal in 1976.

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