Beit Sayah won the men's F41 Javelin final, setting a new Paralympic record in the process with a throw of 47.64 metres. However, he was ultimately disqualified after unfurling a banned flag as ...

Later, he got a second yellow for showing a religious flag during the victory celebrations. After his gold medal was confirmed, Beit Sayah took out a black flag with an Arabic script with text ...

Beit Sayah told reporters that he had displayed a religious flag during his victory celebration at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games without any issues. Indian para-athlete Navdeep Singh's silver ...

The religious flag was a breach of the International Paralympics Committee regulations and saw him shown a second yellow card and subsequent disqualification. Beit Sayah's gesture after breaking ...

It isn’t an ISIS or Hamas flag. It’s not even a flag. It’s a banner." The contestant - Beit Sayah Sadegh - did get disqualified, in spite of setting a Paralympic record with his javelin ...

On the field, Navdeep finished in second place with a best throw of 47.32m, then breaking the Paralympic record, but was bettered by Iranian para-athlete Sajdegh Sayah ... a flag that he later ...

An Iranian Paralympic athlete was controversially stripped of his gold medal after unfurling a religious flag following his victory in Paris. Sadegh Beit Sayah thought he had secured gold in the ...

Iranian Paralympic athlete Sadegh Beit Sayah has been stripped of his gold medal over a banned flag. Beit Sayah won the F41 javelin final on Saturday after he set a new Paralympic record with a ...

Despite Iran's attempt to appeal the decision, arguing that the flag displayed by Beit Sayah was a religious symbol rather than a political statement, the appeal was unsuccessful. Beit Sayah ...