A Ukraine team official was banned from making any contact with his daughter after a television network aired footage of him scuffling with the swimmer at the world championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Television footage showed a physical altercation between 20-year-old backstroker Kateryna Zubkov and her father Mihail Zubkov, 38, who is also her coach, in a room at the Rod Laver Arena swimming venue.

The man was seen swinging and trying to aggressively grab his daughter against her will, and the footage concluded with the father attempting to comfort the swimmer by embracing her on the floor.