We're used to campaign groups using the Olympics as a platform for their campaigns. The IOC is not a human rights monitoring organization.

It's due to general judging issues that remain unresolved since the Athens Olympics.

They're using him for a campaign, which I find amusing because he's obviously not there and that's the best they can come up with. I'd prefer Wendell to be focused on what we're doing and have spoken to him about letting Queensland do what they want to do.

The IOC has provisionally suspended the athlete for a disciplinary issue.

The IOC will follow the procedure to remove the athletes' accreditations.

We thank him for his work and hope the leadership issue will be swiftly resolved.