Australian Olympic Committee head accepts Tomic withdrawal

Tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios is now in Australian Olympic team boss Kitty Chiller’s sights after Bernard Tomic’s Rio withdrawal. Chiller did not comment on whether Tomic took the selectors by surprise by ruling himself out of the Rio Games.

But she made her views on Kyrgios clear, saying his “ill-advised” response to being put on notice by the AOC showed he did not know what it meant to be an Australian Olympian. Tomic and Kyrgios were both warned by Chiller last week after a host of behavioural issues on and off the court. Kyrgios made light of it via social media, referring to the chef de mission as “that Kitty Chiller”, and all but dared selectors to overlook him for Rio at a recent …

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