By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
Egypt has removed the leadership of its swimming federation and has referred senior swimming officials for criminal prosecution over the death of 12-year-old swimmer Youssef Mohamed, who drowned during the Egyptian National Under-12 Championships earlier this month.
Among those referred include the president and board members of the Egyptian Swimming Federation, its executive director, the head of the competitions committee, the meet director, the chief referee, and three members of the lifeguard team. They are accused of ‘negligence and dereliction of duty in violation of their professional responsibilities’ in their safety protocols at the championship.
On December 2, Mohamed was underwater for more than 10 minutes before lifeguards noticed.
Yasser Idris, the head of Egypt’s swimming federation, is also the head of the national Olympic committee.
The Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sport has appointed an interim committee to manage the committee and has contacted World Aquatics to oversee that interim group and ensure compliance with international regulations. Olympic regulations generally do not allow government interference with the management of sporting organizations, though in practice those rules have many exceptions.
Initial claims from the swimming federation accused the young swimmer of using performance enhancing drugs or suffering from a pre-existing medical condition, both claims that the swimmer’s father denied, according to the Egypt Independent.
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