{"id":308522,"date":"2021-07-26T19:34:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/second-olympian-drops-out-of-judo-before-facing-israeli\/"},"modified":"2021-07-26T19:34:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:34:24","slug":"second-olympian-drops-out-of-judo-before-facing-israeli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/second-olympian-drops-out-of-judo-before-facing-israeli\/","title":{"rendered":"#Second Olympian drops out of judo before facing Israeli"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Second Olympian drops out of judo before facing Israeli<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A second judo athlete has dropped out of the Olympics before facing an Israeli in the 73-kilogram division \u2014 just days after another opponent withdrew for political reasons.<\/p>\n

Sudan\u2019s Mohamed Abdalrasool didn\u2019t show up to face Tohar Butbul in their round of 32 bout Monday despite weighing in for it earlier.<\/p>\n

The International Judo Foundation, which didn\u2019t immedia<\/a>tely announce a reason why Abdalrasool didn\u2019t compete, didn\u2019t respond to requests for comment by the Associated Press. Sudanese Olympic officials also didn\u2019t immediately comment.<\/p>\n

But it comes after Algeria\u2019s Fethi Nourine was sent home from Tokyo and suspended by the IJF on Saturday after he withdrew to avoid a potential matchup with Butbul.<\/p>\n

The Algerian, who is ranked 31st, explicitly cited his support for Palestinians for his decision in the Olympics.<\/p>\n

Nourine was supposed to face Abdalrasool, the world\u2019s 469th-ranked judoka in his weight class, for the right to meet the Israeli, who is ranked seventh. <\/p>\n

Nourine also quit the World Judo Championships in 2019 right before he was to face the Israeli.<\/p>\n

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Algeria\u2019s Fethi Nourine had also withdrawn rather than face Israel\u2019s Tohar Butbul.<\/figcaption>
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Butbul, meanwhile, said his team was told Sudan\u2019s Abdalrasool had a shoulder injury \u2014 a reason that didn\u2019t exactly convince Butbul or the Israeli team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are things that sometimes occur in judo, so it wasn\u2019t that odd for me,\u201d Butbul said through a translator Monday. \u201cI just had to wait, stay focused and wait for my first chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Butbul went on to beat Victor Sterpu of Moldova and advanced to the quarterfinals against South Korean star An Changrim, who beat him.<\/p>\n

The Israeli then lost to Arthur Margelidon of Canada in repechage, ending his first Olympics effectively in seventh place.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese are things that sometimes occur in judo, so it wasn\u2019t that odd for me,\u201d Tohar Butbul (top) said about the withdrawals.<\/figcaption>
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He refused to talk about politics, instead lamenting his athletic shortcomings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came with a pure aim to win a medal, and it\u2019s very hard for me to bear that I didn\u2019t fulfill my own expectations,\u201d Butbul said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the goal I put into the whole of my career. It\u2019s still too early for me to understand what happ<\/a>ened. I wasn\u2019t precise in executing my plan, but in judo sometimes there is a gap between how you plan and what is in reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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