Australia's Cooper steps down from leadership group after Commonwealth Games no-show

MELBOURNE, Aug 4 : Former world champion Isaac Cooper has voluntarily stepped down from the leadership group of Australia's swim team for missing a team meeting and the final night of Commonwealth Games competition, governing body Swimming Australia said on Tuesday.Cooper's withdrawal from the role comes four years after the sprint specialist was sent home from a training camp for the Games in Birmingham for misuse of prescription medicine and wellbeing issues.Cooper, who helped Australia win the 4x100m medley gold medal at Glasgow, had failed to meet team expectations and had stood down from the team's "Athlete Leadership Group", Swimming Australia (SA) said in a statement."We look forward to watching Isaac compete at this month's Pan Pacific Championships." Cooper, 22, was not competing