Australian swim coach says…‘Do well’ investigators say he cheered for former pupil

Australian swimming coach Michael Pulperi is facing disciplinary action for cheering for his former student Kim Woo-min.

“Coach Pulperi has come under heavy criticism in his home country after saying he hoped South Korean swimmer Kim Woo-min would win a medal in the 400-meter men’s freestyle at the 2024 Paris Olympics,” the BBC reported on June 26 (KST).

The Sydney Morning Herald, an Australian media outlet, also reported that “Swimming Australia plans to investigate Pulperi for his support of Kim Woo-min. He could face disciplinary action.” The Sydney Morning Herald also explained the worst public opinion. Some are so disappointed in Pulperi that they are even calling for his immediate exit from the Olympics.

Coach Perperry met with the Korean media at the La Defense swimming pool, where the Olympic management event will be held, on March 23 to cheer on Kim. “I’ve watched her progress steadily over the past six months,” he said, adding, “I hope she wins. She’s been training hard and has become more competitive,” he said, adding, ”I hope she wins, but ultimately, I want her to swim well.”

Last year, Perperry coached Woo-min Kim and other members of the Korean freestyle relay team, including Hwang Sun-woo, Lee Ho-joon, Yang Jae-hoon, and Lee Yoo-yeon. It was a way to transplant the competitiveness of Australia, an advanced swimming nation, and the Korean swimmers’ performance grew rapidly under Perperry’s intense training.

As a measure of this, at the World Championships in Doha earlier this year, South Korean swimming had its best-ever performance, winning two gold and one silver medal, with Kim Woo-min winning the 400-meter freestyle final, a positive manifestation of Perperry’s influence. He brought the competitiveness he showed at last year’s Asian Games in Hangzhou to 카지노사이트 the world stage, setting the stage for his performance in Paris.

Currently, Kim is considered a podium contender in the 400 meters at the Olympics, along with Australia’s Sam Short and Elijah Winnington. Kim has picked up his pace in the lead-up to the Olympics to the point where foreign media have said he has a shot at bronze.

However, some in Australia were uncomfortable with Pulperi’s support of Kim rather than his own athletes. There’s nothing wrong with an Australian coach coaching an international athlete. However, they pointed out that it was unusual for him to voice his support.

Australian national swimming coach Rohan Taylor said he was “very angry and disappointed to hear what Coach Pulperi said. Any disciplinary action against him will be taken after he returns to Australia.” The head of the Australian team agreed, saying, “It was a problematic comment to suggest that Kim Woo-min, who is not an Australian, should win.”

It’s strange to think that at the Olympics, a celebration of the world’s people, disciplinary action is inevitable for talking about good-natured competition. It is an arena where nations face off against each other, but in the globalized era, borders have become irrelevant. Moreover, the Australian culture’s inability to read between the lines of the duckdam, which wishes Kim Woo-min to “swim well” and not to be nervous at the Olympics, is embarrassing, but it can also be interpreted as a sign of how wary they are of Kim Woo-min.