The medal dropping is causing expensive for Ara Abrahamian. His “scandalous behaviour” seems to have provoked the wrestling federation. The FILA have decided to ban the Swedish wrestler who dropped his medal in protest at the Beijing Olympics for two years. The association also have decided to ban his coach Leo Myllari and has banned Sweden’s wrestling federation from hosting international events for two years.

Abrahamian also will have to pay a fine of $2,600, Myllari $8,600 and the Swedish federation $43,000 as compensation.

In a statement, FILA president Raphael Martinetti has criticized the Swedes of showing a “serious lack of Olympic spirit.”Abrahamian had earlier disputed a penalty call which decided his semi-final bout against Andrea Minguzzi in the Greco-Roman 84-kilogram division, who later won the gold medal.

Abrahamian won his bronze medal after arguments by the coach with the judges. He also accused the judges of corruption. In the dramatic scene later at medal ceremony, the Armenian-born wrestler took the bronze medal from his neck and dropped it on the mat as he walked away.

The International Olympic Committee has already stripped Abrahamian of the medal and has expelled him from the games after finding that he has violated the Olympic charter whereby being disrespectful to other medallists.

The Swiss-based wrestling body published verdicts on Thursday after a thorough investigation. The punishments will take effect Nov. 3. The parties are free to appeal the verdicts to FILA within 21 days. The cases will be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, where Abrahamian is also contesting the IOC rulings.

The Swedish wrestler has earlier won a CAS hearing in August that established that he was not given fair rights to protest the result of his disputed bout. Abrahamian is now waiting for CAS hearing on an appeal to downgrade his IOC expulsion to a warning.

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