Fethi Nourine: Algerian judoka receives 10-year ban for withdrawing from Olympics to avoid Israel
The Algerian Olympic Committee withdrew the accreditation for each Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef and despatched them dwelling from the Tokyo Video games.
The IJF, which had briefly suspended Nourine and Benikhlef, mentioned the pair used the Video games “as a platform for protest and promotion of political and non secular propaganda”, which breached its code of ethics and the Olympic Constitution.
The incident was not the primary time that Nourine had withdrawn from competitors to keep away from going through an Israeli opponent. He pulled out of the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo for a similar cause.
Tensions within the Israeli-Palestinian battle flared once more this yr as confrontations in contested Jerusalem triggered cross-border clashes.
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