Tom Daley’s husband Dustin Lance Black has accused British Swimming of “corruption” in a row over access issues concerning their baby son, Robbie. If you are there, please give a big cheer for our @TomDaley1994 for us! 👏 — Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) May 19, 2019Their issue appears to resolve around British Swimming’s inability to grant special dispensation to the couple to bring a baby buggy onto the concourse for the event, primarily to ensure their son’s privacy. And within the hour the CEO of @britishswimming put out a press release that is an absolute misrepresentation of what occurred. — Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) May 20, 2019He followed up on Monday by alleging British Swimming had “lied” about the circumstances of an attempted resolution, adding: “This organisation is corrupt.”In a statement, British Swimming responded: “British Swimming is extremely disappointed that Tom’s husband felt that he couldn’t be at the London Aquatic Centre to support Tom yesterday.

Source: Irish Examiner May 20, 2019 10:07 UTC