Swimming chief quits after Olympic review

Great Britain fell two medals short of their target of five podium places at the Aquatics Centre to prompt Scott to initiate a review into performances.

The Australian had previously stated he would not resign from his post but, after the five-man review panel recommended he should reside in Great Britain, he has opted to stand aside.

Scott, who has lived in Australia since joining British Swimming in 2007, will officially leave his post on November 30.

“I respect this conclusion from the performance review I initiated following our results in London. I wanted to make sure we left no stone unturned in understanding why we didn’t achieve our goals,” Scott said in a statement.

“One of the key findings of the review requires a change to my current working practice by being based in Britain. However, for personal and family reasons, I’m unable to meet this recommendation and therefore offered my resignation.”

Rebecca Adlington, who won bronze in the 400m freestyle in London this summer, had previously called for home-grown candidates to be handed top roles at British Swimming following the Games.

Meanwhile, Hannah Miley just missed out on another medal at the European Short Course Championships in Chartres, France, yesterday but had a new Scottish record to compensate. The Garioch swimmer was fourth in the 400-metre freestyle with a new national mark of four minutes 00.39 seconds. France’s Camille Muffat gave the meet its first world record when she touched home in 3:54.85. Denmark’s Lotte Friis claimed silver while France’s Coralie Balmy won bronze.

Warrender’s Craig Benson was just outside the Scottish record in the 50-metre breaststroke but his 27.55 seconds left him only  seventh in his heat.