Athletistic / Combat. Egyptian wrestler Mohamed Elsaid, 26, has been arrested by Paris police, Le Parisien reports.

An athlete from the Egyptian national team is suspected of sexual harassment. Currently, the Egyptian is in the police station in the French capital.

The Indian athlete, who was disqualified from the 2024 OT wrestling tournament due to being overweight, has filed an appeal with CAS.

The wrestler is said to have placed his hands on a woman’s buttocks on the Quai d’Austerlitz. This happened late at night, after the Egyptian had left the café where he had spent the whole night. Elsaid was said to have been very drunk.

Elsaid is a bronze medalist at Tokyo 2020 in Greco-Roman wrestling in the under 67 kg category.



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