{"id":207207,"date":"2025-10-12T06:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/207207\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T06:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:19:08","slug":"swimming-australia-forced-to-release-statement-over-fake-quotes-attributed-to-mollie-ocallaghan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/207207\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming Australia forced to release statement over \u2018fake\u2019 quotes attributed to Mollie O\u2019Callaghan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\"><a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/swimming\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Swimming<\/a> Australia have been forced to release a statement after fake quotes from champion Mollie O\u2019Callaghan circulated on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A quote attributed to O\u2019Callaghan quickly sparked controversy when it was shared across Facebook and X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">It suggested she would not participate in the 2028 <a class=\"css-1lg16vp-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/sport\/olympics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Olympics<\/a> if a transgender athlete was allowed to compete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-178igh4-StyledParagraph e1s06mna1\">Know the news with the 7NEWS app: <a class=\"css-cvgehw-StyledContextualLink e1s06mna0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/app?utm_source=7NEWS&amp;utm_medium=contextual-link-app&amp;utm_campaign=7news-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download today <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/static\/media\/right-red-arrow.92bca5db.svg\" alt=\"Download today\" height=\"14\" width=\"20\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Provocative language, including \u201cinsult\u201d and \u201cdisgrace\u201d was also mentioned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">But the quote was completely made up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThere are currently fabricated quotes attributed to Dolphin Mollie O\u2019Callaghan appearing on social media posts,\u201d Swimming Australia said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cAt no stage has O\u2019Callaghan been interviewed and provided commentary on transgender athletes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cMeta has been advised of the fake news, and O\u2019Callaghan and Swimming Australia have requested the posts to be taken down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">O\u2019Callaghan is one of Australia\u2019s biggest stars in the pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1n6q21n-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">She trumped compatriot Ariarne 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