Scott Volkers: Swimming coach accused of child abuse 'too good to sack'

By Rick Feneley and Paul Bibby
Updated July 23 2014 - 10:13am, first published July 11 2014 - 6:26pm
Volkers' former swimmers Kylie Rogers, Simone Boyce and Julie Gilbert, who alleged that he abused them while giving “massages” in his car on the way to swimming training. Photo: James Alcock
Volkers' former swimmers Kylie Rogers, Simone Boyce and Julie Gilbert, who alleged that he abused them while giving “massages” in his car on the way to swimming training. Photo: James Alcock

When Australia's Susie O'Neill claimed the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she dedicated her victory to Scott Volkers, the swimming coach who had taken over her training two years earlier.

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