Kyle Chalmers is ready to get on the first plane out of Birmingham after Saturday night’s incendiary press conference.
“Terrible, terrible,” he replied when asked how he was feeling after Saturday night’s incendiary press conference, where he took media to task about reports of a fractured team and deep rift with Emma McKeon and Cody Simpson.
It degenerated into a series of heated exchanges in the media mixed zone as teammates Flynn Southam, Zac Incerti and William Yang watched on in shock. At one point Yang, a team rookie who had just won his first medal, asked if he could excuse himself because nobody had paid him any attention. “To have words put in my mouth and false information spread, trying to create cracks on the team ... I’ve never had a rivalry with anyone. I get along really well with my rivals, I get along with my teammates.“I don’t want any of that, I don’t feel like I deserve any of that and to be honest with you, it makes me question why I do this sport and where my future lies going forward.”
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