Schlagwort: Rio de Janeiro

„Israel’s Olympic bronze medalist Or Sasson said that tensions ran high between the Egyptian and Israeli judo delegations even before the now-infamous rejected handshake with Sasson’s Egyptian competitor Islam El Shehaby. (…) ‚He never spoke to me. He always had an antagonistic attitude. He would look at us like he…

„The Muslim world was still upset over the Egyptian judoka loss to an Israeli on Friday, where Islam El Shahaby refused to shake hands with Israeli Or Sasson after his defeat. So they have made up a story of Olympic revenge to restore Muslim honor. Egyptian, Palestinian and other Arabic…

Von Stefan Frank Wenn am 5. August in Rio de Janeiro die Olympischen Spiele beginnen, werden Zehntausende Polizisten, Soldaten und Sicherheitsbeamte im Einsatz sein, um zu verhindern, dass Terroristen in die Nähe des Stadions kommen. Ein Terrorist aber wird vielleicht sogar auf der Ehrentribüne sitzen: Jibril Rajoub. General Jibril ar-Rajoub ist…

„Der Ägypter Islam El Shehaby verlor seinen Judo-Kampf gegen den Israeli Or Sasson. 90 Sekunden vor Kampfende zwang der Israeli seinen Gegner auf die Matte und jubelte über den Einzug in die zweite Runde. Was dann geschah, zeugte von großer Unsportlichkeit. Ein Affront gegen die Etikette im Judo, der mit…

„A Syrian boxer on Saturday [06/18/2016] quit the world boxing championship in Azerbaijan after he refused to compete against an Israeli rival. The first round match between Syrian Ala Ghasoun and the Israeli fighter was scheduled to place at the tournament which is a precondition to qualifying for the upcoming 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. ‚I quit…

„Christian Zimmermann ist ein 54-jähriger Dressurreiter aus Köln. Er sagt über sich: „Ich bin so gründlich.“ Christian Zimmermann hat ein klares Ziel: „Mal bei Olympia dabei sein.“ Es gibt da nur ein Problem. Er ist nicht gut genug, um für Deutschland anzutreten. Aber er ist gründlich. Darum hat er nach…

„Saudi Arabian competitor Joud Fahmy forfeited her first-round judo match against Christianne Legentil from Mauritius at the Rio Olympic Games on Sunday, in what Hebrew media said was a maneuver to avoid facing Israeli judo fighter Gili Cohen in the next round. The Saudi Olympic team tweeted that Fahmy had…

„Introducing the Palestinian swimmer Mary al-Atrash, media outlets were quick to note that the young athlete was challenged not only by the rigors of training for the Olympics but also by the fact that the occupation had cut off her access to a proper 50-meter-long pool, the standard Olympic size.…

„The Lebanese delegation to the Rio Olympics barred Israeli athletes from boarding a bus the two teams were meant to take to the opening ceremony on Friday, an Israeli coach says. According to sailing coach Udi Gal, when the Lebanese team realized that it was slated to share the bus…