And again it happens.
Lebanese judoka Sagaipov Kremenov today (Sunday) boycotted the fight against Lee Kochman, at the Grand Slam Antalya in Turkey.
Kremenov, 25, competes in the weight category up to 90 kg, when according to the World Judo Federation (IJF) records, it was the first time he participated in this type of class and has no results to date, first passing the local Piazza Yazik in the first round , On iPhone in 1:17 minutes.
Those who next, the Israeli silver medalist from the 2019 European Championship, who is ranked high in the competition and therefore won an automatic promotion to the second round, but when it was the moment of both brides on the mat, only Kochman appeared and received the technical victory.
This is not the first time in judo that athletes boycott fights against Israelis, usually it comes from athletes from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Lebanon, when it is usually instructions from above and sometimes they excuse it, by a fictitious injury.
One of the best known stories, is of course the Iranian Said Moulay, who was instructed not to appear in the 2019 World Cup against Sagi Muki and therefore deliberately lost in the semi-finals, which subsequently led to his escape, when he went against the phenomenon and now represents Mongolia.
In recent years, the president of the World Judo Association, Marius Wieser, has fought the phenomenon and last year, even expelled Algerian judoka Fathi Nurin, who refused to compete during the Tokyo Olympics against the Israeli Tohar Botbul and even said he would join the Izz ad-Din regiments. Al Qassam and eventually retired.
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