In latest snub of Israel by Arab participant at Olympics, Islam el-Shahaby booed by Rio crowd for breaching judo tradition of respect following defeat by Or Sasson

Israeli judoka Or Sasson defeated Egyptian rival Islam El Shahaby in the first round of the men’s over-100kg competition at the Rio Games on Friday, and was left standing when his opponent refused to shake his hand at the end of the match.

In judo it is customary to both bow to opponents — a sign of respect in Japan — and shake hands after a bout is over.

El Shehaby had been well beaten but stood impassively and then backed away as Sasson tried to shake his hand.

As he left the mat area, El Shehaby was called back to the center by the referee to bow.

But he was then loudly jeered out of the arena by angry supporters.

He later announced he was quitting judo.


The 32-year-old Egyptian, a world championship medalist in 2010, had faced pressure on social media and from hardline Islamist groups in his homeland to withdraw from the fight.

Unlike some other Muslim and Arab nations, Egypt has no history of withdrawing from judo bouts against Israelis.

The Egyptian Olympic Committee had insisted before the fight that El Shehaby would compete.

Sasson later advanced to the semifinals of the competition, after first beating Maciej Sarnacki of Poland and then defeating world No. 3 Roy Meyer of Holland in the quarterfinals.

Israel and Egypt have had formal bilateral relations since the 1979 Camp David peace agreement, although the Jewish state remains deeply unpopular on the Arab country’s street.

International Judo Federation spokesman Nicolas Messner said fighters were not obliged to shake hands after a bout.

“In the past, it is not sure that a fight between those two athletes would have taken place. This is already a big improvement that Arabic countries accept to be opposed to Israel,” he said.

“There is no obligation for shaking hands at the end of the fight, but it is compulsory to bow, that’s why the Egyptian was called back to bow and he did.

“Nevertheless, his attitude will be reviewed after the Games to see if any further action should be taken.”

This is not the first time that local politics have led to snubs for Israeli athletes at the 2016 Olympics.

On Sunday, Saudi competitor Joud Fahmy forfeited her first-round judo match against Christianne Legentil from Mauritius at the Games, in what Hebrew media said was a maneuver to avoid facing Israeli judoka Gili Cohen in the next round.

The Saudi Olympic team tweeted that Fahmy had sustained injuries to her arm and leg during training and was advised by medical staff not to compete, the Hebrew language Ynet news site reported. According to Channel 2, Fahmy was not hurt, but simply dropped out to avoid competing against the Israeli judoka.

Cohen then lost to Legentil in a second-round bout later in the day.

Also Sunday, the head of Lebanon’s Olympic Committee was summoned by the Games’ organizers for a dressing down, following a kerfuffle with the Israeli delegation after the two teams were told to share a bus to the opening ceremony Friday night.

The Lebanese delegation refused to allow the Israeli players to board the bus, leading to a spat that injected politics into the Games’ opening.

Eventually, organizers put Israel on a separate bus.

The Lebanese delegation was cautioned not to repeat any such behavior, a warning likely also directed at other teams which do not recognize Israel and chafe at having to share sporting space with the Jewish state.


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Na dia business, naija problems pass that one.

Sore loser like Jose Mourinho. He surely deserved that assss whooping.

e pain am

Rubbish! After they both don touch each other you come de form Wetin nonsense!

[size=20pt]God is always ahead of Satan any time anywhere.[/size]

gradually getting there

After we get Biafra na how we and naija go be, isreal =BIAFRA vs Nigeria (fulani, hausa Egypt), we go win them and we no go send their shake,PHARAOH (BUHARI) LET MY PEOPLE GO,THE EGYPTIAN (THE NIGERIANS EVEN FOR NAIRALAND) WE SEE TODAY WE SHALL SEE, ARGUE WITH THEM NO MORE.

Bothering about haters is like bothering about a man who has refused to bring down a heavy rock on his shoulder. It's their burden. Israel will always be a state there wether they like it or not.

I Hope The Israeli Gave Him A Serious Beating Sha...Go Home And Cry, Lol!

After dem don touch each other skin to skin. Life is too short to carry religious grudge on your head. Besides this Egyptian is a bloody African. What concern him with Middle East problems. Smh.

bigtt76:
Rubbish! After they both don touch each other you come de form Wetin nonsense!

To him, it wasn't a friendly touch

bigtt76:
Rubbish! After they both don touch each other you come de form Wetin nonsense!

correct rubbish after their bodies touch each other.

The egyptian guy na muntular! by the way am a proud children of israelite

The nation of God will always defeat her foes...even in sports, huh

The koko be say e don lose

He lack the spirit of sportsmanship



El Espiritu Deportivo

This religion sef! No ask me which one.
Three instances already with many more loading.
How a group of people could be programmed to so hate their fellow human beings for no cogent reason still rattles my imagination.
I think the world would have been a little easier to handle if Father Abraham had decided against having so many sons!

their stress

Any country that brings Politics into Sports should be banned. Simples. I was annoyed when I heard about the female Saudi judoka, now this. Let a strict warning be given to all countries: any form of unsportsmanlike behaviour, your team for that sport gets automatically disqualified. There exists the Middle Eastern Games which they can go and compete without having Israel present, but the Olympics belongs to all.

This is how Nazi Germany hosted the Olympics and refused to salute the Black athletes who won at Track and Field. War broke out some years later
Little ripples of stvpid. The world seems to have forgotten...

dadavivo:
[size=20pt]God is always ahead of Satan any time.[/size]

Who be God, who be satan?

Never trust a jew

Jewelry nation!

Isreal beef don enter sport too!

dadavivo:
[size=20pt]God is always ahead of Satan any time.[/size]

in correlation with the post... this is Senseless..

After Evrytin Wey Pharoa Do Dem Him Stil Dae qve Eqyptian Hand Shake.... Hmmm

CHANNELStv2020:
After we get Biafra na how we and naija go be, isreal =BIAFRA vs Nigeria (fulani, hausa Egypt), we go win them and we no go send their shake,PHARAOH (BUHARI) LET MY PEOPLE GO,THE EGYPTIAN (THE NIGERIANS EVEN FOR NAIRALAND) WE SEE TODAY WE SHALL SEE, ARGUE WITH THEM NO MORE.

Nnaa mek we concentrate on the Olympics for now naa haba.

religion is the problem in life...

Yeye dey smell!

Typical muslim behaviour. . Always hating nonmuslims.
■"Mohammed is God's apostle. Those who follow him are harsh to the unbelievers but merciful to one another" Quran 48:29

There will always be haters.