Olympic officials were forced to erect a screen between Lebanon’s and Israel’s judo fighters on Friday after the Lebanese refused to train on the same mat, the Israeli Olympic team said on Friday.
The incident arose after Lebanon’s two judokas found themselves next to the five Israelis during practice at the official training venue in Redbridge, in east London, said Nitzan Ferraro, spokesman for the Israeli Olympic Committee.
“We started to practice. They came and they saw us – they didn’t like it and they went to the organizers,” Feraro told Reuters. “They put up some kind of wall between us. Everyone went on and there was no interaction between us.”
Racist pieces of sh*t. Would they do the same if someone refused to train with a “black” competitor….NO!! They’d be banned from playing (ie: Greek athlete who “tweeted something racist” last week). F*ck off Muslims and die.
disgusting. i’m not watching the olympics. this, after the minute of silence refused for Israeli olympic athletes…