Nick D'Arcy faces court on assualt charges. (Getty Images)D'Arcy to Miss Beijing
It was sink or swim for Nick D’arcy’s chances of making the Beijing Olympic team when he met with the Australian Olympic Committee on Wednesday. He sank. The AOC rejected his appeal of a ban stemming from a bar fight with a fellow athlete.
"To terminate the membership of an athlete from the Australian Olympic team is a very serious matter,'' Ron Harvey, AOC vice president and chairman of Wednesday's meeting, told the Associated Press. ''After careful consideration we have reached a decision based on that responsibility.''
Harvey added "the effect that Nicholas D'Arcy's conduct had on his reputation, as found by the president and confirmed by the CAS, was the basis for the decision by the AOC executive.''
The Australian champion in the 200m butterfly event was hoping to overturn a ban from AOC boss John Coates, who stripped D’arcy of his spot on the team after the bar-fight. D’arcy originally brought his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The court said Coates made the correct decision but overstepped his authority and said the AOC would have to decide D’Arcy’s fate.
D’arcy, 20, faces charges in a Sydney court that could lead to jail term.
The ruling does not end D’arcy’s Beijing aspirations. "I will continue to train until every last option has been exhausted," he said.
Solomon Islands Lose Facilities
Claiming NOC mismanagement, the city government of Honiara has taken over the facilities used by the Solomon Islands National Olympic Committee.
The Honiara City Council seized the Multipurpose Hall from the NOCSI on Thursday but said the seizure would not disrupt athlete preparations.
HCC Clerk Joseph Huta tells media that the NOCSI was given a lease to the hall in 2003 "but there is been continuous A run down Multipurpose Hall, to be taken over by the HCC. (Solomon Times)neglect in terms of daily maintenance."
Huta added "now that we have taken possession of multipurpose hall we will try and renovate it and manage it properly".
Huta claimed that the NOCSI "hasn't paid some of their rentals for five years".
"Multipurpose hall belongs to the people of Honiara and therefore it should be a place where it is kept clean at all times...we want it to be a place where families can go to during the weekends and enjoy sporting activities."
…Briefs
…Samsung donated $100,000 to the Kenyan Olympic team headed to Beijing. "We will give National Olympic Committee of Kenya $ 50,814 cash and the rest will be through a consumer promotion” said Samsung's sales and marketing manager Thomas Gachiri. “Whenever a customer buys a consumer product, a percentage will go to the team". NOCK chairman Kip Keino said the organization had hoped to raise $1 million for Beijing but ran into some difficulties.
"We originally had wanted to raise US$ 100 million but you know what happened in the country in January which made people who had committed to get distracted. Consequently, we have to minimize our expenses and reduce training but we shall manage," said Keino.
...The Mexican Olympic Committee plans to build a high performance sport center in central Mexico, as part of a plan to decentralize sport training in the country. The center planned for the city of Leon will be similar to the one in Mexico City in terms of facilities and housing, says COM president Felipe Munoz Kapamas. The project is expected to formally begin in 2009, perhaps to be followed by three more in other regions.
...The Armenia NOC reports International Boxing Federation president Ching- Kuo Wu toured several sport complexes and watched Armenian athletes practice their sparring during a visit to Yerevan last week. During his visit, Wu received the Order of the NOC of Armenia and also promised to provide boxing equipment to the country.
...Angola's Youth and Sports Ministry will approve an "adjustment" to the budget for Team Angola in Beijing, national media report. The NOC presented its case earlier in the week, though reports do not specify that the adjustment is an increase, or how exactly the funds will be applied.
...Cambodian National Olympic Committee President Thong Khon is supporting his Beijing bound athletes with his own money. Khon is giving the six Cambodians who qualified for the games $200 and urged the committee to increase the monthly stipend for Olympic athletes. Cambodian athletes only receive $50.
...The Canadian Olympic Committee promoted Steve Keogh to the position of Communications Director. Keogh was Communications Manager since 2007 and replaces Jackie DeSouza.
Written byMaggie Leeand Ed Hula III.
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