AOC allows Nick D’Arcy to compete at the Australian Selection Trials for the 2012 London Olympics
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has allowed controversial swimmer, Nick D’Arcy to take an attempt for the 2012 London Olympic Games by proving his eligibility in the Australian squad at next month’s Selection Trials in Adelaide.
The 24-year-old D’Arcy, whose career was stuck after a series of controversies, starting from an assault on former swimmer, Simon Cowley that resulted in D’Arcy’s withdrawal from the Australian team to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, has finally earned a way out for the London Olympics.
Last year, Cowley sued D’Arcy to pay the compensation and the court ordered him to give a sum $180,000. Nonetheless, D’Arcy filed for bankruptcy, meaning that he would not have to disburse Cowley’s damages.
Later on, D’Arcy suffered a back injury and took a bed rest for almost 11 weeks. After his recovery from the injury, the Australian swimmer retuned to competitive swimming and participated in the events of 100m and 200m butterfly at the 2012 New South Wales (NSW) State Open Championships.
He captured a gold medal in the 200m event while finished second in the 100m butterfly at the NSW Championship.
Despite of his scintillating form at the NSW meet, D’Arcy still had to wait for the decision of Swimming Australia that whether he is allowed to earn his qualification at the mid-March’s trials or not.
Recently, Swimming Australia has submitted its verdict to AOC, allowing the controversial swimmer to prove his mettle at the Australian trials. On top of that, AOC has accepted their suggestion and allowed D’Arcy to appear at the upcoming Olympic trials.
While talking to the AAP, Cowley’s lawyer, Sam Macedone said, “All I can say is they've made their decision and that's it. We can't complain ... we don't like it but that's the way it is.”
“I'm still disappointed that that's their attitude. They seem to think the matters were dealt with in court, that that was a different matter altogether. I think they should have looked at behaviour generally but they've done that and said that it's come up to scratch, so that's the way it is," he added.
Furthermore, D’Arcy is very confident about his London qualification dream and expressed that he will try his level best to please his fans.
“All I can say is they've made their decision and that's it. We can't complain ... we don't like it but that's the way it is.” “I'm still disappointed that that's their attitude. They seem to think the matters were dealt with in court, that that was a different matter altogether. I think they should have looked at behaviour generally but they've done that and said that it's come up to scratch, so that's the way it is," he added.
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