For the second time in a fortnight, Swimming Australia has been forced to release a statement to address false quotes being circulated on social media.

Fabricated quotes about the LGBTQI+ community and transgender athletes attributed to Olympic gold medalist Kyle Chalmers have been published on social media, moving Swimming Australia to shoot them down.

“There are currently fabricated quotes attributed to Dolphin Kyle Chalmers appearing on social media,” SA said in a statement on Thursday morning.

“Kyle Chalmers has never been interviewed by Swim Hub or Swim Aquatics and additionally has never provided commentary on LGBT or Transgender athletes.

“Meta was first advised of the fake news involving Australian swimmers two weeks ago.

“Chalmers and Swimming Australia have again request

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