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Indigenous boxer Damien Hooper has apologised after breaching Olympic rules for wearing a T-shirt featuring the Aboriginal flag into his first London fight. The 20-year-old from Queensland wore the shirt as he walked into the ring for his bout against America’s Marcus Browne.

Hooper won the round of 32 fight 13-11 and said afterwards that the shirt inspired him.

AOC spokesman Damian Kelly says Hooper has apologised and will not be wearing the flag shirt again in London.

He says the IOC will be looking into the incident in due course

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