Nick D'Arcy

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Nicholas D'Arcy (born July 23, 1987, in Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian butterfly swimmer.

1 2008 Australian Swimming Championships
2 Alleged fracas
3 References
4 External links

[edit] 2008 Australian Swimming Championships

The 2008 Australian Swimming Championships held in March in Sydney were used to select the Australian swimming team for the Beijing Olympics. D'Arcy broke the Australian record for the 200 m butterfly in the semifinals, before setting a new Commonwealth record of 1 m 55.10 s in the final. The victory earned D'Arcy selection for the Olympics and was the tenth fastest time ever recorded in the event.

[edit] Alleged fracas

On March 31, 2008, D'Arcy was charged with assault after an alleged brawl with former Commonwealth Games triple gold medalist Simon Cowley on the night of his naming in the Australian Olympic team.^[1] He was later charged with inflicting griveous bodily harm. On April 3, 2008, a second athlete, Tim Peach, came forward claiming he was also bashed by D'Arcy.^[2] D'Arcy was granted conditional bail to appear in court on April 21, 2008. On April 18, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) dropped D'Arcy from the team, claiming that the swimmer had brought the team into disrepute.^[3] D'Arcy subsequently appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the court found that he had brought himself into disrepute hence broke his contract with the Australian Olympic Committee regarding behaviour by Olympic team members. However the court also found that the decision to expel D'Arcy should not have been made solely by the President of the AOC, but instead by the entire board of the Australian Olympic Committee. ^[4] The AOC board unanimously decided to withdraw D'Arcy's membership on June 11, 2008. ^[5]