The Olympics have yet to officially start, but the first additional sports controversy erupted, disrupting preparations for the judo tournament that will begin on Saturday. Algerian judoka Fathi Norine preferred to compromise so that he would not have to face an Israeli opponent on his side of the table. Al-Riyadi had published the news on Algerian television on Thursday evening.

“We worked hard to qualify for the Games, but the Palestinian cause is bigger than all of this

Fathi Noreen

Noreen Al-Sudani, Mohamed Abdel-Rasoul, was scheduled to face the first Monday in the first round, before facing the Israeli Tohar drum in the next round. “We worked hard to qualify for the Games, but the Palestinian cause is bigger than all of thisHe said on TV.

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