Olympics 100m bottle-thrower 'wanted Bolt to lose'
- Published: 4 Jan 2013 at 02.45
- Online news: Sports
A man screamed abuse at Usain Bolt before throwing a plastic beer bottle on to the track shortly before the men's 100 metres final at the London Olympics, prosecutors said at his trial on Thursday.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt (L) wins the men's 100m final at the athletics event during the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 5, 2012. A man screamed abuse at Bolt before throwing a plastic beer bottle on to the track just ahead of the final.
Ashley Gill-Webb, 34, pushed his way to the front of an exclusive seating area without a ticket and shouted things like: "Usain, I want you to lose," Stratford Magistrates' Court in east London was told.
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