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| Olympic 100m final bottle thrower Ashley Gill-Webb sentenced | Olympic 100m final bottle thrower Ashley Gill-Webb sentenced |
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| A man who threw a plastic beer bottle on to the track at the start of the men's 100m final at the London Olympics has been given a community order. | A man who threw a plastic beer bottle on to the track at the start of the men's 100m final at the London Olympics has been given a community order. |
| Ashley Gill-Webb, 34 of South Milford, North Yorkshire, who has bipolar disorder, was given an eight-week sentence at Thames Magistrates' Court. | |
| Gill-Webb, who also shouted at athletes including Usain Bolt, was earlier found guilty of two public order offences. | Gill-Webb, who also shouted at athletes including Usain Bolt, was earlier found guilty of two public order offences. |
| District Judge William Ashworth said he had tarnished the spirit of the Games. | |
| 'Manic episode' | |
| "Your intention was to target the highest-profile event at the London Olympics and put off Usain Bolt," he said. | |
| "The potential harm of triggering a false start was significant. By good fortune, you failed. | |
| "You did, however, spoil the occasion for some spectators and tarnish the spirit of the Games." | |
| Gill-Webb will be electronically-monitored and be subject to a 07:00 to 19:00 curfew. He was also ordered to pay a £1,500 contribution to costs. | |
| Gill-Webb's lawyers had said he was suffering from a "manic episode" at the time. | |
| The court heard he had used an old ticket to get into the Olympic Park and then the stadium on 5 August. |