Paralympic athlete from Georgia arrested for allegedly attacking security officer at Tokyo hotel last week, police said Monday, according to a statement.

Officials say the guy arrested was Paralympic champion Zviad Gogotchuri, who won gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in the men’s judo 90-kilogram division.

Judoka, who had been scheduled to compete at the Paralympics beginning next week, was 34 years old. He is suspected of climbing on top of a 60-year-old security guard and clutching his neck at 8:20 a.m. on Thursday, breaking one of his ribs.

When Gogotchuri and several other Georgian sportsmen were reportedly drinking in the hotel’s sixth-floor corridor, a security guard alerted them to the noise they were making.

After a member of the country’s team tested positive for COVID-19, Gogotchuri was quarantined at the hotel, authorities said. ‘I have no excuse,’ the judoka was quoted as saying.

On Saturday, the guard who was hurt filed a complaint with the Tokyo police. Paralympic officials expect Gogotchuri to be kicked out of the Paralympics and sent back home.

While competing in the Olympics, two Georgian male judokas had their accreditation revoked for violating COVID-19 procedures by leaving the athletes’ village to go sightseeing.

Athletes from all across the world will compete in the Paralympics, which begin on August 24. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Paralympics will be held primarily behind closed doors, as was the case with the Olympics, which ended earlier this month.

When asked about the incident, Toshiro Muto, CEO of the Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, remarked, “It is very sad that such action was taken by a Paralympian.”

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