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Source: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
It s this early into the Olympic Games, and blatant anti-Israeli discrimination is already on display. According to the Times of Israel, Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine, pulled out of the Games on Thursday rather than possibly face Israeli opponent, Tohar Butbul.
If Nourine were to advance out of the first round, he would have faced Butbul in the second round of the under-73k men s judo competition.
It appears as if Nourine and Butbul have a history of the potential of facing each other, with Nourine pulling out of the 2019 Judo World championships.
Nourine and his coach, Amar Benikhlef, are not hiding their anti-Israeli sentiment. We were not lucky with the draw. We got an Israeli opponent and that’s why we had to retire. We made the right decision, Yakif is quoted as saying.