Verbal jousts have mostly emanated from the respective officials of both delegations as they seek to defend their corners
But once defeated, they gave different messages that highlighted how personal it was for competitors, and how difficult it has been for the organizers to create an Olympic truce after 10 months of conflict between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants in Gaza.
Minutes later, in the women’s under 63 kg category, Israeli judoka Gili Sharir was also contemplating her defeat to reigning French Olympic champion Clarisse Agbegnenou, but like Badawi faced questions about the broader political context. The exchanges at the Champs de Mars arena came after an Algerian judoka was disqualified from a potential matchup with an Israeli on Monday and were the latest example of how the conflict has cast a shadow behind the scenes at the start of Olympics.
There have been some vitriolic chants at soccer matches and French prosecutors have opened an investigation into death threats against Israeli athletes, a worrying turn of events 52 years after 11 Israelis were killed at the Munich Games in 1972. From the outset the Palestinian Olympic Committee sent letters to the International Olympic Committee and International Football Federation asking for Israel to be suspended over the war, which it said equated to Russia’s suspension over its assault on Ukraine.
“Is he qualified in such a global, international, peaceful, humanitarian event to raise a flag?” Rajoub told reporters. “They should raise a red card to Israel.”
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