Post by beatie07 on Mar 27, 2007 22:33:37 GMT -5
I heard the new today that sickens me that coach would never hit his Swimmer during the World Championship of Swimming in Melbourne.
A Ukraine team official was banned from making any contact with his daughter after a television network aired footage of him assaulting the swimmer at the world championships.
The intervention order prevents the 38-year-old man, who has already been stripped of his accreditation, from coming within 200 meters of his daughter, Victoria state police said Wednesday.
The pair were identified by local media as 20-year-old backstroker Kateryna Zubkov and her father Mihail Zubkov, 38, who is also her coach.
Police spokeswoman Stacey Mair the intervention order is issued under Australia's Family Law, which prevents police from publicly naming either the offender or victim.
The footage, captured by host broadcaster the Nine Network on Tuesday, clearly showed a physical altercation between the two in a room at the Rod Laver Arena swimming venue.
The man was seen swinging and trying to aggressively grab his daughter against her will, and the footage concluded with the father attempting to comfort the swimmer by embracing her on the floor. The altercation ended when Nine Network staff alerted police.
The pair were identified by police and questioned Tuesday night. The woman did not require any medical treatment.
The father will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Thursday, where police will seek to extend his intervention order until he leaves Australia at the end of the week. Mair added that a criminal investigation into the matter is continuing and police have not determined whether criminal charges will be laid.
World swimming governing body FINA is conducting its own investigation into the matter and will hold a disciplinary hearing.
"FINA, the international federation, was convening a disciplinary hearing today and they will announce the outcome of that hopefully sometime today," Michael Scott, chief executive of meet organizers the Melbourne 2007 World Swimming Championship Corporation, told a Melbourne radio station Wednesday.
Kateryna Zubkova won her 50-meter backstroke heat Wednesday, but did not qualify for the semifinals.
gave her a hard time.
I think that Mihail Zubkov was caught in a act when the camera's where on when she gave Kateryna Zubkova a hard time and it"s time to deport the coach out.
A Ukraine team official was banned from making any contact with his daughter after a television network aired footage of him assaulting the swimmer at the world championships.
The intervention order prevents the 38-year-old man, who has already been stripped of his accreditation, from coming within 200 meters of his daughter, Victoria state police said Wednesday.
The pair were identified by local media as 20-year-old backstroker Kateryna Zubkov and her father Mihail Zubkov, 38, who is also her coach.
Police spokeswoman Stacey Mair the intervention order is issued under Australia's Family Law, which prevents police from publicly naming either the offender or victim.
The footage, captured by host broadcaster the Nine Network on Tuesday, clearly showed a physical altercation between the two in a room at the Rod Laver Arena swimming venue.
The man was seen swinging and trying to aggressively grab his daughter against her will, and the footage concluded with the father attempting to comfort the swimmer by embracing her on the floor. The altercation ended when Nine Network staff alerted police.
The pair were identified by police and questioned Tuesday night. The woman did not require any medical treatment.
The father will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Thursday, where police will seek to extend his intervention order until he leaves Australia at the end of the week. Mair added that a criminal investigation into the matter is continuing and police have not determined whether criminal charges will be laid.
World swimming governing body FINA is conducting its own investigation into the matter and will hold a disciplinary hearing.
"FINA, the international federation, was convening a disciplinary hearing today and they will announce the outcome of that hopefully sometime today," Michael Scott, chief executive of meet organizers the Melbourne 2007 World Swimming Championship Corporation, told a Melbourne radio station Wednesday.
Kateryna Zubkova won her 50-meter backstroke heat Wednesday, but did not qualify for the semifinals.
gave her a hard time.
I think that Mihail Zubkov was caught in a act when the camera's where on when she gave Kateryna Zubkova a hard time and it"s time to deport the coach out.