French police arrest Egyptian wrestler for sexual assault

French authorities arrested Egyptian Olympic athlete Mohamed Elsayed outside a cafe in Paris on suspicion of sexual assault, according to the Paris prosecutor. Wrestler Elsayed allegedly touched a cafe patron during the Olympics. An enquiry is underway, according to prosecutors. Police withheld the wrestler’s name. The Egyptian delegation identified the wrestler as Mohamed Elsayed.

Egypt’s Olympic Committee stated Elsayed might be disciplined. The commission stated that if the allegations are accurate, he might be banned from competition for life. The statement also said Elsayed could see his weight class’s final Paris Olympics wrestling match. He never returned to the gathering and turned off his phone. The Egyptian rising star won a wrestling bronze medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Several African Wrestling Championship gold medals are his. The star struggled early in his Paris Olympics wrestling event.