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Swimming Australia will never again have an all-male elite coaching team and will ban skin-fold tests in the wake of a review into the sport's abusive culture.
The independent review heard submissions from more than 150 people involved in the sport including swimmers, coaches and administrators.
While the final report will remain secret to protect the anonymity of those involved, the review's 46 wide-ranging recommendations were released on Friday.
They include banning skin-fold tests and introducing quotas for women coaches on national and international teams.
Other recommendations include SA prioritising behavioural standards over a coach's performance standards, placing athlete welfare as the primary driver of coach selection.
Swimming Australia will never again have an all-male elite coaching team and will ban skin-fold tests in the wake of a review into the sport's abusive culture (pictured is swimmer Maddie Groves who withdrew from
