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Steve Larkin

UNCOVERED: Swimming australia sack coach for korea barracking | History Defined

An Australian swim coach has been sacked for supporting South Korea's Kim Woo-min (right). (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Swimming Australia have sacked coach Michael Palfrey in the wake of his public barracking for South Korea at the Olympic Games.

Palfrey has been axed for breaching his employment agreement, Swimming Australia said in a statement on Friday.

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