SYDNEY — Butterfly swimmer Nick D'Arcy, convicted of assault following a barroom fight last year, will be allowed to compete for Australia after August, Swimming Australia said Thursday.

On April 6, Swimming Australia said D'Arcy wouldn't be allowed to compete in the Rome world championships in late July. On March 27, D'Arcy was convicted of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm to former Commonwealth Games medalist Simon Cowley on March 30, 2008.

D'Arcy's sentence of 14 months,12 days in jail was suspended, meaning he will not serve time in prison unless he breaches certain conditions.

The 21-year-old swimmer was kicked off Australia's Olympic team for Beijing last year after being charged by police in the incident that left Cowley with fractures to his jaw, eye socket, cheekbone and nose.

D'Arcy pleaded guilty to the charge and returned to swimming in the hope of restarting an international career. He qualified for the world championships last month.

Swimming Australia said in a statement Thursday that "positive discussions" over the past two weeks and subsequent agreement between the group and D'Arcy meant that the case would not be referred to an independent judiciary committee for further action.

"In making this decision, the SAL board took into consideration the events Nick missed prior to his court sentencing, that he will miss this year's world championships in Rome and the court sentence that is currently in place," Swimming Australia president David Urquhart said.

"Nick has further agreed not to participate in any international swimming team or competition between now and Aug. 3, 2009."

D'Arcy said he plans to swim at the Australian short course championships in Hobart from Aug. 8-12.

"I am pleased that I can now focus on my swimming training without any further uncertainty and am looking forward to making my return to competitive swimming," D'Arcy said.