{"id":26738,"date":"2024-05-27T10:35:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T00:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theshovel.com.au\/?p=26738"},"modified":"2024-06-03T08:32:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T22:32:41","slug":"gina-rinehart-shock-inclusion-for-australia-olympic-swim-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theshovel.com.au\/2024\/05\/27\/gina-rinehart-shock-inclusion-for-australia-olympic-swim-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Gina Rinehart Shock Inclusion for Australia\u2019s Paris Olympic Swim Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gina Rinehart will represent Australia in the 50m freestyle and the 200m butterfly at the upcoming Paris Olympics, with selectors insisting the billionaire mining owner was chosen on merit.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you look at Rinehart\u2019s swimming technique and her speed through the water, the thing that strikes you is that she has an incredible amount of money,\u201d a Swimming Australia spokesperson said today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe compared her to her contemporaries like Ariarne Titmus and Emma McKeon, and the sort of times they\u2019re getting over 50 metres, and we were blown away by how much money she has. She was impossible to ignore throughout the swim trials. She demanded to be included\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Swimming Australia denied Rinehart had too much influence over the sport. \u201cTo say that Gina has any influence at all over the Hancock Prospecting Australian Swim Team(TM) is ridiculous. 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