The news that the Israeli climbing team received a message today (Tuesday) from the organizers of the international competition in Holland, which is supposed to take place this weekend, that they will not be able to participate in the competition due to concern for the safety of the Israeli team and the other participants, as first published in "Israel Hayom", angered the people of the industry quite a bit .
As I recall, the message received by the Israeli delegation stated: "We fear disturbances during the event and are concerned about your safety, the safety of the other competitors, our team and the visitors."
This competition was supposed to launch the new season, a season in which the climbing industry and the Olympic Committee hope that it will reach its peak with Ayala Kerem's debut at the Olympic Games in Paris, when the cancellation of the competition could disrupt the preparations.
The one who did not remain indifferent to the decision is the climber and coach of Kerem, Alex Hazanov, who tried to explain the importance of the competition: "This year Ayala has a very clear goal - which is to go to the Olympic Games in Paris and be the first Israeli climber at the Games. We really believe in her, we think Ayala is capable of this. As part of the preparation for the criterium competitions that are held in the middle of May, we decided to participate in several smaller competitions, when the first competition was supposed to be this weekend and then from Holland she is supposed to fly to a training camp to train in the lead competition."
How will missing the competition affect?
"The fact that she is prevented from participating in the competition, it prevents us from a preparation competition that we have built a lot on and it makes us now completely change the entire preparation at the moment. There is no doubt that it hurts the preparations and more than that, it hurts morale, because as soon as an athlete is told that he cannot do what he likes And what he wants hurts his resilience, but we are held high and we won't let it break us."
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Hazanov also said: "Not letting the Israelis compete is a precedent and it's a dangerous precedent. It angers me and frustrates me that such organizations manage to influence sports, but I'm sure Ayala will make it to the Olympic Games and we'll get this ticket on their heads."
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