Nourine gets 10-year ban for withdrawing from Olympics
Nourine and his coach get 10-year ban for withdrawing from Olympics
Algerian Fethi Nourine and his coach have been banned for 10 years by the International Judo Federation (IJF).
The sanction was for the act of withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics after the draw set him on course for a bout against an Israeli.
The 30-year-old was due to face Sudan’s Mohamed Abdalrasool for his first bout in the men’s 73-kg class.
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Victory would have paired him with Israel’s Tohar Butbul in the next round.
However, Nourine said his political support for the Palestinian cause made it impossible for him to compete against Butbul.
The Algerian Olympic Committee withdrew the accreditation for both Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef and sent them home from the Tokyo Games.
The IJF, which had temporarily suspended Nourine and Benikhlef, said the pair used the Games “as a platform for protest and promotion of political and religious propaganda”.
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