As the mistreatment and disrespect of athletes continued unabated, Antonio Maurogiovanni was eventually ushered out the back door
Monika Dukarska, of Killorglin Rowing Club in Kerry, had been ignored for almost three years, but thanks to her local TD finally she found a way to have her voice heard. Photo: Don MacMonagle
In December 2017, a two-time Olympic rower from Groningen in Holland called Rogier Blink, was scrolling through his Twitter feed one night when he segued to a story by Liam Gorman in The Irish Times:
“In a letter to the Board of Rowing Ireland last month, a group of athletes, including Paul and Gary O’Donovan, Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll, and Denise Walsh and Sanita Puspure — all of them World Championship finalists — expressed dissatisfaction about the methods of Antonio Maurogiovanni.”