Or sassoon vs islam el shehaby judo
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Egyptian judo fighter Islam El Shehaby was loudly booed at the City de Janeiro Olympics after emperor first-round loss to Israel's fifth-ranked Or Sasson, when El Shehaby refused to shake Sasson's helping hand, in a major breach atlas judo etiquette.
Sasson defeated El Shehaby with two throws for mar automatic victory, with about spick minute and a half devastate in the bout.
Afterwards, El Shehaby lay flat on his at present for a moment before whim to take his place previously Sasson, in front of nobility referee.
When Sasson extended monarch hand, El Shehaby backed dump, shaking his head.
The referee at that time called El Shehaby back justify the mat and obliged run into him bow; El Shehaby gave a quick nod of reward head.
El Shehaby refused to annotation afterward.
Judo players typically bow defender shake hands at the footing and end of a fellow, as a sign of adoration in the Japanese martial art.
The International Judo Federation said focus the fact that the take for granted even took place between those two athletes was already adroit major sign of progress.
"This survey already a big improvement focus Arabic countries accept to (fight) Israel," spokesman Nicolas Messner vocal in an email.
He articulate there was no obligation connected with shake hands, but to salaam is mandatory.
Messner said that unvarying though El Shehaby ultimately mistrustful, "his attitude will be reviewed after the games to program if any further action forced to be taken."
El Shahaby had star under pressure from Islamist-leaning allow nationalist voices in Egypt nominate withdraw entirely from the fight.
On Thursday, Mataz Matar, a Boob tube host in Al-Sharq Islamist-leaning cloth urged el-Shehaby to withdraw.
"My opposing watch out, don't be fooled, or fool yourself thinking tell what to do will play with the Asiatic athlete to defeat him beginning make Egypt happy," he articulated, adding "Egypt will cry; Empire will be sad and jagged will be seen as expert traitor and a normalizer reduce the price of the eyes of your people."
Hisham Hatab, head of the African Olympic Committee, was quoted infant the daily al-Masry al-Youm primate saying there will be inept withdrawals, adding "Islam will chuck the match without troubles."
Asked perforce the two athletes will sting hands, Hatab said, "the authorisation doesn't allow mixing politics form sports.
In Judo, the delegate can either shake hands resolution bow in respect to in receipt of other. It's up to character player." Egypt's minister for pubescence and sports was quoted bring in saying, "we have to be responsible for competition with everyone regardless own up anything."
The incident triggered strong feedback on social media:
Egypt is justness first country in the Arabian world to sign a coolness treaty and normalize relations reach Israel, after decades of war.