An Olympic swimmer charged with assaulting a man in a nightclub incident after the Australian trials was kicked off the Beijing-bound team Friday for bringing the sport into disrepute. Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) president John Coates said 20-year-old Nick D'Arcy would not be allowed to remain on the team.He won the 200-meter butterfly at the trials held in Sydney at the end of March.
D'Arcy had been the subject of an AOC investigation after being involved in an altercation with former Commonwealth swim champion Simon Cowley, which left Cowley with multiple facial fractures.
D'Arcy is facing charges of assault and causing grievous bodily harm from the March 30 incident in a Sydney bar.
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