[ad_1]
AFP GLYN KIRK
The prominent Iranian judo player and former world champion, Saeed Moulay, arrived to participate in the judo tournament “Grand Slam-Tel Aviv” with the participation of players from different countries.
He said Moulay landed last Sunday night at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport from Turkey on a plane chartered by the Israeli Judo Federation, and the fighter will be under intense surveillance, according to the daily “Israel Hayom”.
Moulay, the former world champion, will participate in the tournament under the Mongolian flag after he has been allowed, since he fled Iran last year, in the context of a dispute over competition against the Israelis, to represent another country before the Tokyo Olympics. and after the International Olympic Committee agreed to change his refugee status to a holder of Mongolian nationality.
Saeed Moulay was instructed by the Iranian authorities to lose in the semifinals of the international tournament that was held in the Japanese capital Tokyo in August 2019, not to face the Israeli fighter, Sagi Muki, in the final match of the tournament on the hour.
In the context of the Iranian decision, the International Judo Federation published a statement in September 2019, in which it clarified the suspension of the sports activities of the Iranian Judo Federation, due to the refusal of the Iranian fighter to face his counterpart. Israeli.
It is noteworthy that Said Moulay is the world judo champion weighing less than 81 kilograms for the year 2018. He fled to Germany after being ordered not to fight Israeli judo, and although Moulay did not fight him, he He refused to return to his country “for fear of his arrest”.
Source: Agencies
[ad_2]
