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SYDNEY — Swimming Australia has fired coach Michael Palfrey over comments made at the Paris Olympics where he said he hoped a South Korean athlete would beat Australian swimmers. Palfrey told South Korean television he hoped South Korea's Kim Woo-min would win the men's 400-meter freestyle in Paris, an event that featured Australians Sam Short and Elijah Winnington. "Swimming Australia has terminated Michael Palfrey's employment due to a breach of his employment agreement," the governing body said in a statement on Friday.
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