Australian swimming coach Scott Volkers, who was investigated for alleged sexual abuse in the 1980s, has been banned from the Rio Games by the Brazilian Olympic Committee.
The move comes after an appeal from Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates, who urged his counterpart Carlos Arthur Nuzman to ensure Volkers, who once coached Susie O'Neill and Samantha Riley, was not accredited for the event. 
Volkers moved to Brazil in 2011 and works with a number of the nation's leading swimmers at the Minas Club.
His shift came after he was committed to stand trial in 2002 on seven charges of indecently dealing with a child under the age of 16.
The charges were dropped by Queensland prosecutors due to insufficient evidence, but he was banned from working with any children under the age of 16. It sparked strict new protocols around child protection in Olympic sports in Australia.
In a report on BBC Brasil, the Minas club, which will have eight athletes swimming in Rio, said that it had accepted the ruling of the organising body.
"We are pleased with the presence of eight of our athletes on the team. The call of the coaches is a decision of CDBA (Brazilian Confederation of Water Sports) and not been announced yet.
"About Scott, the club has to say that his conduct has been exemplary," Rodrigo Fuscaldi, an aide at the club, said.
In his letter to Nuzman, Coates urged the Brazilians to make sure Volkers was in no way connected to their official delegation.
"We believe it (Volkers) should not be involved in any way with the Rio 2016," writes the Australian leader in the letter, although the Mines club said it had received a 'vote of confidence' from the parents of swimmers Volkers now coaches.