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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Regev praises judo federation for banning Iran over Israel boycott
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleCulture and Sports Minister Miri Regev hails the International Judo Federation for indefinitely suspending Iran for refusing to allow its judokas to face Israeli athletes.
Regev praises IJF head Marius Vizer for working to remove international politics from sport and says the recent success of Israel’s national judo team lead to the IJF decision.
“I’m sorry about the heavy price Iranian athletes will be forced to pay because of the decision of the Iranian regime and its efforts to prevent its athletes from competing against Israeli athletes,” she says in a statement.
She also calls on the International Olympic Committee to adopt Vizer’s “brave policy.”
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