Do not learn the lesson.
Just three days after Lebanese judoka Sagipov Kremenov boycotted the fight against Lee Kochman, at the Turkish Grand Slam Antalya, politics is once again mixing with sports.
Lance fencer Eitan Lemberger, who competes at the World Cadet Championships in Dubai, was scheduled to meet today (Wednesday) in the last 32 stage, the Kuwaiti Nassar Hussein, who did not appear in battle, when the Israeli "benefited" from it and automatically advanced to the next stage.
Unsurprisingly, the competition website states that Kuwaiti retired due to injury, but as usually happens in such cases, these are instructions from above, which did not prevent him from competing in all battles in the home stage and in the early rounds when an Israeli did not face him.
Despite the technical victory, Lemberger lost in the next round, to American Ethan Om 15:12 and finished the competition in 18th place overall, after a busy day of battles with five wins in the home stage.
In the parallel competition for cadets, Gili Koritsky advanced to the eighth finals of the World Championship, after beating the American Richard Kim 6:15, while also at this stage Lehi Koren who defeated Germany Larissa Everes 3:15, this is before they both had a long day with success in the home stage and victories In the first rounds.
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