BIRMINGHAM, England : Australian swimmers have swept the podium, broken world records, set milestones and won a mountain of medals at the Commonwealth Games pool but all anyone wants to talk about is a supposed 'love triangle' with golden girl Emma McK aeonat the centre.
It did not take long for the soap opera to surface at the Sandwell Aquatic Centre, with Chalmers flying into a social media storm on Day One of the competition on Friday after some media reports accused him of snubbing former-girlfriend McK aeonon the medal podium following Australia's triumph in the 4x100 metres freestyle mixed relay.
"For me these last 48 hours have been hell, it's been an emotional rollercoaster," said Chalmers after collecting his third gold of the Games."I almost started crying and I'm not an emotional person. Four years before that at the 2016 Rio Summer Games it was American swimmer Ryan Lochte's fake robbery and bungled cover-up and in Birmingham it is McKeon, Chalmers and Simpson.
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