Egyptian disqualified

ByReuters

Published 27/08/2004 at 10:36 GMT

Egyptian heavyweight Mohamed Elsayed was disqualified from his Olympic boxing semi-final on Friday because he failed the medical examination, organisers said. Elsayed's scheduled semi-final opponent, Viktar Zuyev of Belarus, goes through to Saturday's fin

Elsayed did not pass the test because of an arm injury sustained in his quarter-final win over Australia's Adam Forsyth. He leaves the tournament with a bronze medal.

Zuyev will meet Cuba's Odlanier Solis or Syrian Naser Al Shami in the gold medal contest.

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