A man accused of a public order offence after a bottle was thrown at the start of the men's Olympic 100m final is to appear in court today.
Ashley Gill-Webb, 34, was arrested after the incident at the Olympic Stadium in August, which led to Dutch world judo champion Edith Bosch intervening.
He was charged with using threatening words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress under Section 4A of the Public Order Act, but pleaded not guilty when he appeared in court in Stratford the following day.
Gill-Webb, from South Milford, near Leeds, is due to appear at Thames Magistrates' Court in London today.
After the incident, Bosch described how she was standing close by when a green plastic drink bottle was thrown from the stands behind the start line.
The 32-year-old judoka tweeted: "A drunken spectator threw a bottle onto the track! I HAVE BEATEN HIM... unbelievable."
Explaining the message, she later described how she saw a man who was having "behaviour problems" and "pushed him away hard".
"I did like any other person would have done, I corrected it. I just said, 'man you're crazy, what are you doing?'," she said.
"We are here for Olympic heroes, people who are performing on the highest level, and we have to honour them, not disrespect them."
She added: "The one thing I'm most sad about is due to all the commotion, due to this guy, I missed out on the 100m."
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who won the race in 9.63 seconds, said he had been unaware of the incident.
US sprinter Justin Gatlin, who took bronze, said: "It was a little distraction and I didn't know what it was.
"But when you're in those blocks and the whole stadium's quiet you can hear a pin drop."
He said the incident had not affected the race: "You just have to block it out and go out there and do what you got to do."
And Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake said: "I was so focused I didn't see anything. I was so focused on just running to the line."
