The 26-year-old athlete ended his participation in the Olympics in a Paris police station.
Egyptian wrestler Mohamed Elsayed has been arrested on suspicion of harassing a resident of the French capital.
It all started at night near a cafe, writes Le Parisien . Here, a group of 10 people started a conflict, in which patrol officers intervened.
The young woman then claimed that Elsayed placed his hands on her buttocks, which she considered harassment.
At the same time, the wrestler himself was in a state of severe alcoholic intoxication.
The gendarmes detained him and took him to the police station. It was soon decided to take him into custody until the circumstances were clarified.
The Paris prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into the Egyptian.
Elsayed was eliminated from the 1/8 finals of the Paris Olympics when he lost to Azerbaijani wrestler Hasrat Jafarov.
In the Olympic Games, the Egyptian athlete has only a bronze medal, which he won at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Then he defeated Russian Artem Surkov.
