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Channel Nine has banned injured swimming star Grant Hackett from the Commonwealth Games pool deck.

But News Limited newspapers say the Nine network has backed down on a threat to also ban Hackett from the athletes’ village.

Nine, the Games broadcaster, has stopped Hackett from being on the pool deck because he’ll be working for Channel Seven during the Games.

But at the request of head swimming coach Alan Thompson, the network will allow the 1500 metres world record holder into the village so he can address the Australian squad.

Hackett will miss the Games, which begin on Wednesday, because of a shoulder injury.