Paris, Nov 29, 2024 (AFP) - Australian gets 8,000-euro fine for attempt to disrupt men's Olympic 100m final

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2024-11-29

A French court on Friday fined an Australian man who tried to disrupt the start of the men's Olympic 100m final at the Paris Games the sum of 8,000 euros ($8,440). Judged in absentia late Thursday, the 24-year-old Australian also received a three-year stadium ban from the court in Bobigny, north of Paris. Wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with "Free Palestine, Free Ukraine, Jesus", the man was intercepted by security staff at the Stade de France as he......

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