Australian swimmer D'Arcy loses appeal against Olympics axe

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SYDNEY (AFP) — Swimmer Nick D'Arcy on Wednesday lost his appeal against being axed from the Australian Olympic team over a vicious bar brawl.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) appeals panel found Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates was right to find the 20-year-old 200m butterfly swimmer had breached the team's code of behaviour.

"We are satisfied that the conduct of the appellant in the early hours of March 30, 2008, was likely to, and did, bring himself into disrepute," the CAS judgement said.

"It follows that Mr. Coates was entitled to so find."

The alleged attack on Simon Cowley left the former Commonwealth Games swimmer with a broken jaw, a broken nose, a fractured eye socket, crushed cheekbone and fractured palate.

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