Tokyo (AFP)
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday rejected the request of French boxer Mourad Aliev, who contested his disqualification during a fight in the +91 kg category at the Tokyo Olympics, announced the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) .
"The Court of Arbitration for Sport today rejected the request for a review of disqualification," simply said the CNOSF, which had brought the request alongside the French boxing federation.
The CNOSF and the federation once again assured Aliev "of their support" and the Olympic committee added that it would support "the establishment of video assistance on boxing matches" in the perspective of the Olympics-2024 in Paris .
The only Frenchman still in contention in this Olympic boxing tournament, Mourad Aliev had been disqualified for a head butt to his opponent, the British Frazer Clarke, which the boxer had experienced as an injustice.
Incredulous and angry, Aliev, who seemed to dominate the fight after a given first round winning 3 judges to 2, then went around in circles in the ring, going to see his opponent to say "I won".
During the fight, Clarke had to be treated twice by the left browbone, and it was after the second treatment that the referee, grouping the boxers, announced his decision to disqualify the French.
After the official officialization of the result by the announcer, the Frenchman then made the + no + sign with his fingers in front of the cameras, and remained seated on the edge of the ring several minutes after the decision, refusing to move.
"They recognize that they made a mistake but as it is written they cannot go back on the decision. It is a scandal", had denounced Aliev on France Televisions.
But Monday, the director of the cell in charge of organizing the tournament within the IOC had confirmed his elimination, sanctioning no longer the headbutt but his "unsportsmanlike behavior" once the disqualification was pronounced.
The Frenchman "acted disrespectfully towards the referee", "used profanity through clear gestures", hit a camera and "created a very tense atmosphere", had enumerated the Australian Wayne Rose.
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