Lebanese Olympic judo team refuses to practice next to Israelis

[LineDoggie]

And if one day a team from Astan entered and they were taliban ... are you all saying u'll happily train beside that shower i don't fkin think so

Many such national teams already do so Einstein

North and South Korea
Pakistan and India
USA and Vietnam, Soviet Union. Russia, etc
Russia and Georgia
Turkey and Greece

Hell the Serbs and Bosnians are able to train compete without whining like Lebanon

Educate yourself before looking worse guy

[Climber]

And if one day a team from Astan entered and they were taliban ... are you all saying u'll happily train beside that shower i don't fkin think so

The hand of god TT, the hand of god.

[carbonrod]

Many such national teams already do so Einstein

North and South Korea
Pakistan and India
USA and Vietnam, Soviet Union. Russia, etc
Russia and Georgia
Turkey and Greece

Hell the Serbs and Bosnians are able to train compete without whining like Lebanon

Educate yourself before looking worse guy

Umm. US Americans boycotted an Olympics for somewhat similar reasons:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Su...ympics_boycott

Then came the USSR.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Su...ympics_boycott

[Climber]

Umm. US Americans boycotted an Olympics for somewhat similar reasons:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Su...ympics_boycott

Then came the USSR.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Su...ympics_boycott

The US boycotted the Moscow games because of the Afghanistan invasion by the USSR.
The Arabs do not compete with us because of what?

[Macs.]

Umm. US Americans boycotted an Olympics for somewhat similar reasons:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Su...ympics_boycott

Then came the USSR.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Su...ympics_boycott

Germany and Japan were also not invited to the olympics in 1948.

[EITAN88]

Umm. US Americans boycotted an Olympics for somewhat similar reasons:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Su...ympics_boycott

Then came the USSR.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Su...ympics_boycott

Then the Lebanese should boycott the games altogether as well if they want to make a statement... and save everyone this sort of BS.

[Mein Teil]

Things were so much more civil in 1936

[IconOfEvi]

And if one day a team from Astan entered and they were taliban ... are you all saying u'll happily train beside that shower i don't fkin think so

I dunno why you mentioned next to a shower specifically...are you implying something?

[KoTeMoRe]

... Is there anyone from the IOC that has confirmed this? Because until now, only the Israeli spokesperson has said this and no formal complaint has been lodged. Which, as said in the other thread, I find very awkward.

[Climber]

... Is there anyone from the IOC that has confirmed this? Because until now, only the Israeli spokesperson has said this and no formal complaint has been lodged. Which, as said in the other thread, I find very awkward.

How would we know if a formal complaint was lodged? is there anywhere we can look at?

[EITAN88]

... Is there anyone from the IOC that has confirmed this? Because until now, only the Israeli spokesperson has said this and no formal complaint has been lodged. Which, as said in the other thread, I find very awkward.

What's awkward?

Arab/Muslim teams have been pulling off this sort of sh*t for years.

[KoTeMoRe]

How would we know if a formal complaint was lodged? is there anywhere we can look at?

That is the first thing the Israelis would have done and stated.

What is awkward is the fact the Israelis overlooked the formal complaint. Especially as in such circumstances, the two Lebanese Judokas would have received the boot.

[Climber]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oly...de-Israel.html

[Climber]

That is the first thing the Israelis would have done and stated.

What is awkward is the fact the Israelis overlooked the formal complaint. Especially as in such circumstances, the two Lebanese Judokas would have received the boot.

the boot from who? the IOC have no balls........just read the Telegraph article I posted and read about the Saudi judo team. the IOC is like the UN, a sad joke.

[EITAN88]

What is awkward is the fact the Israelis overlooked the formal complaint. Especially as in such circumstances, the two Lebanese Judokas would have received the boot.

After the organizers accepted their demand for a barrier you really think they would have given them the boot?

I don't think so.

And the Israeli team probably reached the same conclusion, that a formal complaint is a waste of time... best we can hope for is that one of their guys will have to compete against one of ours and then they'll face a real dilemma.