Tunisian Wrestler Amine Guenichi Receives Four-Year Doping Ban, Out of Paris 2024 Olympics

Tunisian wrestler Amine Guenichi has been banned for four years due to doping violations, disqualifying him from the Paris 2024 Olympics. The decision, made by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, followed Guenichi's non-compliance with anti-doping testers, despite his previous negative tests and provisional suspension.

Tunisian wrestler Amine Guenichi has been ruled out of the Paris 2024 Olympics after receiving a four-year doping ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), according to a Tunisian federation official.

Guenichi, who won a gold medal at the Arab Games last year in the men's Greco-Roman 130kg category, faced the ban for deliberately defying anti-doping testers, said Montaser Obaidi, technical director of the Tunisian federation.

In November, he refused to let testers into his room at an elite training center, eventually providing a urine sample that tested negative. Subsequent blood tests also came back negative. Despite a provisional suspension and qualifying for Paris 2024 in an Egyptian tournament, WADA appealed the case, leading to the current ban.

(With inputs from agencies.)