harassment of a woman, investigation begins –

After the Australian field hockey player was arrested while buying cocaine, there is a second Olympic athlete in trouble with the law. The Egyptian wrestler Mohamed Elsayed, 26 years old, Olympic bronze medalist in 2021 in Greco-Roman wrestling (67 kg) and eliminated in the round of 16 at Paris 2024, was arrested this morning at dawn on suspicion of having sexually assaulted a customer in a bar. The news was released by the Paris prosecutor’s office. According to investigators, the wrestler, who allegedly groped the buttocks of the female customer of the bar, was arrested at 4:30 today in front of a bar in the 13th arrondissement of the capital (Austerlitz area) apparently in a state of drunkenness.

“Mohammed Elsayed will be investigated by the ethics committee for his irresponsible behavior after his participation in the Olympic Games,” the Egyptian Olympic Committee said.