MOMENTS before launching the king-hit that is likely to end his Olympic dream, disgraced swim star Nick D’Arcy was allegedly drunkenly big-noting himself at a Sydney nightclub.
Fuelled by up to 12 drinks, D’Arcy allegedly reacted with a single blow when former swim champion Simon Cowley told him to tone down his bragging.
Yesterday, as an ashen-faced D’Arcy faced a six-hour police grilling, a badly injured Cowley told The Daily Telegraph from his hospital bed of his shock at being smashed in the face while celebrating the announcement of the Australian Olympic swim team.
“I’m feeling pretty ordinary, as you can see,” he said.
“I haven’t spoken to the police yet so I don’t really want to talk about what happened between us.” Asked if he knew D’Arcy, Cowley said: “I’ve never met him. My main priority right now is to get better.”
The Sunday morning blow floored Cowley, leaving the 27-year-old with a shattered nose, eye socket and jaw.
Cowley, who left hospital last night, will undergo major surgery on Thursday to repair his damaged face. He also faces the prospect of losing all his teeth.
