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Australian swimmers punished for posing with firearms in CA [View all]
D'Arcy, Monk to have Olympics visit cut short
SYDNEY -- Australian swimmers Nick D'Arcy and Kenrick Monk will be sent home from the London Olympics as soon as their events have finished as punishment for posting pictures of themselves posing with guns on social media sites.
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"We are prepared to allow them to compete but we have 400 other team members to consider and we are not going to have them distracted," Green said in the statement. "It is too big a risk."
The pair could yet face more sanctions, with a Swimming Australia investigation continuing.
SYDNEY -- Australian swimmers Nick D'Arcy and Kenrick Monk will be sent home from the London Olympics as soon as their events have finished as punishment for posting pictures of themselves posing with guns on social media sites.
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"We are prepared to allow them to compete but we have 400 other team members to consider and we are not going to have them distracted," Green said in the statement. "It is too big a risk."
The pair could yet face more sanctions, with a Swimming Australia investigation continuing.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=8029269
Sad to see the Wild West atmosphere and low standards of my state jeopardizing the Olympic experience for 400 Aussies. It's also sad to see what restrictive gun laws have done to once-proud Australia: young athletes unable to pose with firearms without looking like complete and utter dorks...
D'Arcy (left) and Monk
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