Messaoud Dris of Algeria was dropped from the Paris Olympics judo competition on Sunday night, officially for missing weight on the day before he was scheduled to take on Tohar Butbul of Israel. The International Judo Federation issued a brief statement declaring Butbul the winner by walkover.
judo competition Sunday night, officially for missing weight on the day before he was scheduled to take on Tohar Butbul of Israel .The bout was scheduled to be the first in the men’s 73-kilogram division Monday, but given its political implications, many suspected it would not happen from the moment Dris and Butbul were matched in the random draw last week.
Algeria does not officially recognize the state of Israel, and the nations have a fraught relationship dating to the Algerian War several decades ago.The French women’s gymnastics team had high expectations in Paris. It crashed down in qualifyingIsrael’s presence at the Paris Games has been protested at various points since the beginning of Israel’s offensive in Gaza last year, but the IOC and France’s government have firmly backed Israel’s right to participate.
Although none of their opponents avoided Israel’s first four judokas, Abderrahmane Boushita of Morocco and Nurali Emomali of Tajikistan both refused to shake the hand of Baruch Shmailov following their bouts Sunday. After Shmailov defeated Boushita, he touched his fist to the Israel flag on his gi when Boushita walked away from him.Dris didn’t immediately make a statement about his circumstances. Missing weight — he came in at 73.
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