Arrest photo: Olympian tried to run from cops after buying cocaine
An Australian hockey athlete says he is “truly sorry” after being barred from the Olympic village and closing ceremony for buying cocaine on a Paris street and fleeing police.
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Aussie drug arrest rocks Paris Olympics
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