# Egypt’s Saeed pulled from Paris sprint and keirin

*By Simon | July 17, 2024*

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## 󠀁[Egypt’s Saeed pulled from Paris sprint and keirin](https://globalkeirin.com/2024/07/egypts-saeed-pulled-from-paris-sprint-and-keirin/)󠁿

17 July 2024

The women’s sprint and keirin events at the Paris Olympics may go ahead with
only 29 participants, following confirmation of the withdrawal of Egypt’s Shahd
Saeed.

The 19-year-old received a one-year ban and a US$ 100 fine (the maximum
possible) from the Egyptian Cycling Federation following an incident at the
conclusion of
[Egypt’s elite women national road race](https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/national-championships-egypt-we-road-race/2024/result)
in April 2024.

Sprinting for third place, she appeared to force her rival into a concrete wall
in the approach to the finish line.

The [BBC reports](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clwynzgxvzzo) that Ganna
Eliwa, also 19, was left concussed and with a broken right collarbone and severe
cuts and bruises to the right-hand side of her body.

> أثار اختيار اللاعبة المصرية شهد سعيد، للمشاركة في الألعاب الأولمبية
> [#باريس\_2024](https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_2024?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> ، جدلا في
> [#مصر](https://twitter.com/hashtag/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> كونها "معاقبة" بسبب اعتدائها خلال السباق على جنة عليوة لمنعها من الفوز بالمركز
> الثالث في سباق بطولة الجمهورية قبل 3 أشهر
> وقد تسبب الاعتداء حينها في إصابة جنة بكسور في أنحاء مختلفة من…
> [pic.twitter.com/6zX5HM4IaQ](https://t.co/6zX5HM4IaQ)
> — صحيفة المدينة (@Almadinanews)
> [July 11, 2024](https://twitter.com/Almadinanews/status/1811393852005138453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Egypt had received a place in the sprint and keirin events by virtue of the
African continental quota.

Saeed has insisted the incident was not deliberate. But Eliwa has said that
Saeed did not apologise.

‘I hope she can take part in the Paris Olympics,’ Eliwa is reported to have told
one interviewer, ‘because I’m pretty sure she would come last.’

[TrackPiste.com reports](https://www.trackpiste.com/2024/07/la-egipcia-shahd-saeed-no-estara.html)
that Egypt will not send a substitute rider; and with neither the UCI nor the
IOC commenting on the matter, and time running out, they suggest it is now
likely that the events will proceed with only 29 female entrants.

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