"In December 2017, a two-time Olympic rower from Groningen in Holland called Rogier Blink, was scrolling through his Twitter feed one night when he segued to a story by Liam Gorman in The Irish Times: "In a letter to the Board of Rowing Ireland last month, a group of athletes, including Paul and Gary O'Donovan, Mark O'Donovan and Shane O'Driscoll, and Denise Walsh and Sanita Puspure - all of them World Championship finalists - expressed dissatisfaction about the methods of Antonio Maurogiovanni.""
"As the mistreatment and disrespect of athletes continued unabated, Antonio Maurogiovanni was eventually ushered out the back door In December 2017, a two-time Olympic rower from Groningen in Holland called Rogier Blink, was scrolling through his Twitter feed one night when he segued to a story by Liam Gorman in The Irish Times: "In a letter to the Board of Rowing Ireland last month, a group of athletes,""
Persistent mistreatment and disrespect of elite rowers culminated in Antonio Maurogiovanni being pushed out of his role. In December 2017, two-time Olympic rower Rogier Blink encountered reporting that revealed a letter sent to the Board of Rowing Ireland. The letter was signed by World Championship finalists Paul and Gary O'Donovan, Mark O'Donovan, Shane O'Driscoll, Denise Walsh and Sanita Puspure. The group collectively expressed dissatisfaction with Maurogiovanni's methods and conduct. Those formal complaints by high-level athletes increased pressure on governing bodies and contributed to Maurogiovanni's eventual removal.
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