There is anger among the Polish swimmers who were sent home due to an administrative blunder. Photo: ReutersThe president of Poland's swimming federation (PZP) has apologised after six athletes were sent home from the Tokyo Games due to an administrative error. PZP President Pawel Slominski apologised and said he fully understood the anger of the swimmers who returned home over the weekend. "I express great regret, sadness and bitterness about the situation related to the qualification of our swimmers for the Olympic Games in Tokyo," Slominski said in a statement http://www.polswim.pl/sites/default/files/oswiadczenie_prezesa_pzp.pdf. Swimming news website SwimSwam reported several Polish swimmers had signed an open letter to the PZP seeking the resignation of the organisation's entire board.

Source: Irish Independent July 20, 2021 06:45 UTC