Iranian judo team suspended after athlete pressured to avoid fighting an Israeli
from its events over the country’s policy to boycott matches with Israeli participants. at the World Judo Championships in August to avoid facing an Israeli fighter. Saeid Mollaei walked off the team after he said he was pressured not to defeat Belgian Matthias Casse in a semifinal and went into hiding in Germany with the help of the IJF. The organization was “in gross contradiction” with a letter in which Iran’s judo federation agreed to respect the Olympic Charter. The IJF told the Iranian federation it had 21 days to appeal to the Court ...
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