Lebanese Sprinter Noureddine Hadid Was Arrested At The Beirut Airport!

Diana E.

Lebanese sprinter Noureddine Hadid, who made the cut for the 100 meters at the Paris Olympics, has been arrested in Lebanon for deserting the army.

A source revealed that the 31-year-old athlete, also a soldier, “has been detained by the Lebanese army since he arrived in Lebanon and is serving a ten-day prison sentence for deserting without resigning.”

 

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Roland Saadeh, president of the Lebanese Athletics Federation, said Hadid qualified for the Olympics with a 10.27-second time for the 100 meters, and the Federation isn’t planning to nominate a replacement.

Even though he left Lebanon in 2023 to live in France, Noureddine Hadid returned to Lebanon to turn himself in to the armed forces.

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