Australian swimmer Cate Campbell addresses viral comments on Team USA after coming up short at Olympic trials

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Australia's Cate Campbell sparked controversy when she bragged about defeating Team USA at last year's World Championships in a viral video.

Swimmer Cate Campbell will not make the trip to Paris next month to represent Australia in the upcoming Summer Olympics. Campbell finished in seventh place in the 50m freestyle at Australia's Olympic swimming trials, which meant she would not qualify to be a member of her home country's Olympic team in July. She did not compete in the 100m event. Campbell's failure to qualify is notable when considering she was recently at the center of controversy.

In an interview after the 2023 World Championships, Campbell characterized the U.S. competitors as 'sore losers' after Australia captured more gold medals at the event. Australia coming out on top is one thing, but it is just so much sweeter beating America,' Campbell said. 'There were a couple of nights, particularly the first night of competition, where we did not have to hear the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ ring out through the stadium, and I cannot tell you how happy that made me. If I never hear that song again, it will be too soon. Bring on Paris, that’s all I have to say. U.S., stop being sore losers.' The comments drew the ire of U.S.

 

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