What would Liz Cambage say? Australian swimmers for Tokyo Olympics have one thing in common in photo

A promotional photo of Australia's top swimmers and divers ahead of the Tokyo games may have unwittingly reignited debate about the racial diversity of athletes chosen to promote the Olympics. Green, yellow and white - the colours of Speedo's Tokyo 2020 swimwear range launch on Thursday Australian swimmers speak at Speedo's launch of its Olympic range on Thursday Diving champion Melissa Wu was the sole person from an ethnically diverse background chosen to promote Speedo and Australian Olympic swimming and diving University of Technology Sydney academic Daryl Adair, who co-wrote a piece of research about the history of Indigenous female swimmers, said plenty of Australian sports are culturally diverse - but swimming wasn't one of them. Champion Australian freestyler Mack Horton is pictured with two junior swimmers in the Speedo shoot, used to promote the Australian Olympic swim team by the Australian Olympic Committee on Thursday Melbourne-based Maori swimmer, Kotuku 'Koti' Ngawati, 26, a current member of the Australian Dolphins team, was not included in the Speedo shoot She signed off with seven laughing and crying emojis, which Bogut used to troll her in a swift response. Another AOC/Speedo image used to promote swimming from the shoot on Thursday Ahmed Kelly in a 2016 image taken before the Rio Paralympics When it came to representing ethnic diversity, the clothing brand did include juniors Indigo Chong and Bada Kang from the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre swim team in other photos that were shared on the AOC Facebook page. Baghdad-born Paralympian Ahmed Kelly, 29, a double amputee, is in the Australian Dolphins but also missed out on the Speedo photo shoot Ahmed Kelly, whose nickame is 'Liquid Nails', has an extraordinary story of overcoming tough odds They are Melbourne-born Maori medley swimmer Kotuku 'Koti' Ngawati, 26; Japanese-born Paralympian Ricky Betar, 17; and Iraqi-born Paralympian Ahmed Kelly, 29, a double amputee.