Right: A Daily Telegraph photo outlining the extent of Simon Cowley's facial injuries after the attack.
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Background information
Timeline of events relating to Nick D'Arcy30 March 2008: former swimming champion Simon Cowley suffered facial injuries, including a broken jaw and broken nose, after being struck by Australian butterfly champion Nick D'Arcy in an altercation in a bar at Sydney's King Street wharf area
31 March 2008: D'Arcy was charged with assault occasioning grievous bodily harm and assault.
18 April 2008: the Australian Olympic Committee banned D'Arcy from the Australian team for the Beijing Olympics
16 June 2008: a three-member Court of Arbitration for Sport panel found that D'Arcy had not abided by the provisions of the AOC ethical behaviour bylaw.
25 November 2008: D'Arcy pleaded guilty to recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm on Cowley at a bar the previous March.
17 March 2009: D'Arcy won the 200 metres butterfly at the world championship trials in an Australian record time
22 March 2009: D'Arcy was selected as a member of the Australian swim team for the 2009 FINA world championships.
24 March 2009: as a condition of membership on the Australian swim team, D'Arcy agreed to be bound by the Swimming Australia Limited (Swimming Australia) Team By-Laws.
27 March 2009:a court convicted D'Arcy of having inflicted grievous bodily harm and gave him a 14 month suspended jail sentence.
6 April 2009: in response to D'Arcy's conviction, the board of Swimming Australia unanimously resolved that his membership of the Australian swim team to compete in Rome at the 2009 FINA world championships be terminated under Swimming Australia team by-law 17.1.
23 April 2009: Swimming Australia announced that Nick D'Arcy would be able to return to competition after the Rome World Championship titles finish on August 2.