🔗 Share this article Swimming Federation Moves to Stop Fake Statements Attributed to Star Swimmer Mollie O’Callaghan Swimming Australia has taken steps to stop described as “fabricated stories” and “fabricated quotes” associated with Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan regarding transgender athlete Lia Thomas. Social Media Content Circulate False Statements A comment attributed to O’Callaghan but not published from her online platforms has surfaced in content on Meta platform Facebook, as well as on X, and suggested the Olympic champion would refuse to compete in the Los Angeles Olympics if a trans athlete is allowed to race. The statement falsely attributed to O’Callaghan contained a inflammatory remark that “sharing a pool with Lia Thomas is absolutely an insult and a disgrace”. Formal Statement from the Federation The national body stood by the star swimmer in a statement labeled with “fake quotes associated with Australian team member Mollie O’Callaghan”. “There are currently fabricated quotes linked to Dolphin Mollie O’Callaghan circulating on platform posts,” the federation announced this past Sunday. “At no stage has O’Callaghan given an interview and given remarks on this issue. “The platform has been notified of the fabricated stories, and O’Callaghan and the federation have requested the posts to be taken down.” Latest Developments and Background Content that contain the comment linked to O’Callaghan were still online on Facebook on the following day, while a company representative commented that “we are reviewing the demand”. The organization refused to give additional statements. United States trans swimmer Lia Thomas is banned from racing in the women’s division under existing World Aquatics guidelines and failed to overturn the policies in the run-up to the Paris Olympics. World Aquatics enacted regulations in 2022 which ban anyone who has experienced “any stage of male puberty” from the women’s division. About Mollie O’Callaghan O’Callaghan is a multiple Olympic gold medallist after defeating teammate Ariarne Titmus in the 200m freestyle championship race at the Paris event along with participating in several team victories. O’Callaghan secured a freestyle global championship to her accolades in Tokyo in July this year. O’Callaghan was competing in a World Cup event in Indiana last weekend and beat the field by a significant margin to win the women’s 200m freestyle in a new best of one minute 50.77 seconds.