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Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was to fight the Israeli Ehud Vaks but was disqualified for being over the weight limit. In order to avoid implicit recognition of Israel, Iran forbids its athletes from competing against Israeli athletes. An Iranian National Olympic Committee spokesman said it was Iran's "general policy" not to face Israeli ...
In 1933 the Palestine National Olympic Committee was officially formed, and was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in May 1934, [1] but never competed. [2] Although this committee represented Jews , Christians and Muslims living in Mandatory Palestine , its rules stated that they "represent[ed] the Jewish National Home ."
Israel has competed at the Olympic Games as a nation since 1952. Its National Olympic Committee was formed in 1933, during the British Mandate of Palestine. [1] Israel has sent a team to each Summer Olympic Games since 1952 (except when it participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics), and to each Winter Olympic Games since 1994.
Israel faces no threat to its Olympic status ahead of the Paris Games despite the conflict in Gaza, IOC president Thomas Bach confirmed Wednesday. Bach’s frustration with Russian government and ...
As Israeli and Palestinian judoists hit the tatami mats at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, the war raging in their homeland was at the front of their minds. But once defeated, they gave different ...
Israel competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. This was the nation's 18th appearance at the Summer Olympics. Since Israel's debut in 1952, Israeli athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, other than the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which it opted not to attend in accordance with the US-led boycott.
The IOC had been responding to a question regarding Israeli athletes participating at next year's Paris Olympics and the potential refusal of other nations' athletes to compete against them over ...
Iran national five-a-side soccer team: Israel national five-a-side soccer team: soccer: 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games [54] 15 August 2004: Arash Miresmaeili: Ehud Vaks: judo: 2004 Summer Olympics [55] 4 August 2005: Iran U-21 men national basketball team: Israel U-21 men national basketball team: basketball: FIBA Under-21 World ...