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Judoka Who Fled Iran Over Discrimination of Athletes From Israel Wins Match Against Israeli Opponent
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Belgium s Charline Van Snick is to return to competition at the upcoming International Judo Federation Kazan Grand Slam, having avoided undergoing surgery on a torn ankle ligament.
The London 2012 bronze medallist in the women s under-48-kilogram category took to
Twitter to confirm her participation at the last Grand Slam event before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Following a test match at the Boulogne-Billancourt club in Paris, Van Snick will travel to Russia for the competition which is set to take place from Wednesday (May 5) to Friday (May 7).
In February, Van Snick injured her ankle at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam during a win over France s Priscilla Gneto and was forced to withdraw from her bronze-medal match against Kosovo s Majlinda Kelmendi.
Britain, France, Germany and the United States will not push for a resolution against Iran at next week s meeting of.
The International Judo Federation initially responded to the incident with an open-ended ban against Iran’s team to participate in international competitions, but the decision was later overturned on appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling the punishment had been too severe.
CAS said the Iranian federation had “committed severe violations” of the international federation rules and should be punished accordingly.
“However, the CAS Panel concluded that the kind of sanction (unlimited suspension) imposed in the challenged decision of 22 October 2019 had no legal basis in the IJF regulations,” according to a press statement.
Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei reacts after losing to Belgium s Matthias Casse in the semifinal fight in the men s under-81 kilogram category during the 2019 Judo World Championships in Tokyo on August 28, 2019. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)
Judo’s world body issued a four-year ban against the Iranian Judo Federation over Tehran’s demands that its athletes refuse to face Israeli opponents.
The ban was backdated to begin in September 2019, when Iranian judoka and former world champion Saeid Mollaei left the Iranian team during the World Championship in Tokyo, saying he was ordered to throw matches and withdraw from competitions in order to avoid facing Israeli competitors.
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