Lundi, 26 Juillet, 2021 - 19:01
Le Soudanais Mohamed Abdalrasool ne s est pas présenté au combat contre Tohar Butbul, et ce malgré la signature des accords d Abraham entre Khartoum et Jérusalem
Le judoka israélien Tohar Butbul lors d un combat à Abu Dhabi le 27 octobre 2017 (Capture d écran : YouTube)
Un deuxième judoka s’est retiré de la compétition olympique de judo, apparemment pour éviter d’affronter l’Israélien Tohar Butbul, quelques jours après qu’un adversaire algérien potentiel dans un tour précédent a été suspendu pour en avoir fait de même.
Butbul était inscrit comme n’ayant « aucun concurrent » dans ce qui aurait dû être un combat contre le Soudanais Mohamed Abdalrasool dans la catégorie des hommes de 73 kg.
Second judoka refuses to compete against Israeli opponent in Tokyo Olympics
Second judoka refuses to compete against Israeli opponent in Tokyo Olympics
The International Judo Foundation and Sudanese Olympic officials did not provide a reason why Mohamed Abdalrasool missed the match.
Israeli judoka Tohar Butbul. Source: Israel Olympic Committee/Facebook.
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(July 26, 2021 / JNS) A second judoka dropped out of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in order to avoid facing an opponent from Israel.
Sudan’s Mohamed Abdalrasool weighed in earlier for his match against Israeli judoka Tohar Butbul in the 73-kilogram division but did not show up for the bout on Monday, reported
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Second Olympian Sent Home After Refusing to Face Israeli Athlete
26 Jul 2021
A second judo athlete dropped out of the “woke” Olympics and was sent home after refusing to spar against an Israeli Olympian.
Days after the first judo athlete dropped out, Sudan’s Mohamed Abdalrasool was sent home after refusing to bout against Israel’s Tohar Butbul. Butbul finished seven overall after losing to a South Korean athlete. However, Abdalrasool did not show up to compete against Butbul on Monday after weighing in earlier in the day.
Tohar Butbul, the Israeli Judoka Abdalrasool, would have faced. Getty Images
The International Judo Foundation (IJF) did not immediately announce a reason Abdalrasool not competing, in addition to not responding to a request for comment from the Associated Press. Sudanese Olympic officials did not immediately comment, as well.
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