British Swimming have been slammed by Tom Daley's husband for creating a "corrupt " and "toxic" environment in a row over a buggy.
The governing body have been accused of creating an "unsafe environment" for Dustin Lance Black after he encountered problems taking his son into a disabled section at the London Aquatics Centre.
Black was taking his son Robbie Ray to watch Tom Daley in the mixed 3m synchronised diving when the row occured.
The pair were absent when Daley and partner Grace Reid won gold, with swim chiefs issuing a statement saying they were "extremely disappointed" Black "felt he couldn't be there to support Tom".
They insisted a lace to store the buggy was offered with the items not being allowed in the spectator area for health and safety reasons.
But the 44-year-old screenwriter accused them of lying about what occurred as he shared his side of the story on Twitter .
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He wrote: "So we agreed over the weekend to resolve our dispute with B ritish Swimming in private. And within the hour the CEO of British Swimming put out a press release that is an absolute misrepresentation of what occurred. Or as my mom would call it: a lie. This organisation is corrupt.
"This situation had little to nothing to do with a pram. I never asked to bring one in, and we certainly had no interest in being poolside with one. Anyone there plainly saw that our son was on my lap. This pram story is a lie British Swimming is telling."
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He claimed the matter was far wider than his one row in an interview with BBC .
He said: "This is an illness within the organisation which leads to families being kept at arm's length and being demonised.
"There is no other country that does this. When it is a Fina event and not a British Swimming event, there is no problem.
"Any other country we go to we are made to feel welcome. What happened this weekend was a bit of the last straw."
