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The Israel Gymnastics Federation (IGF) confirmed that its nationwide safety workforce licensed its athletes to enter Indonesia for the World Gymnastics Championships final month, regardless of the Indonesian authorities blocking the athletes from coming into the nation, citing safety considerations.
An IGF spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital that the nation’s safety workforce gave clearance to its athletes.
“We obtained authorization from the Israeli Security Authorities to take part within the World Championship topic to the mandatory safety protocols in place. From our facet all preparations had been full – Registration course of, Entry Visas to Indonesia and Israeli Security Authorities affirmation,” the IGF stated.
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Silver medalists Team Israel have a good time on the rostrum through the Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around Final medal ceremony on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Porte de La Chapelle Arena on Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Israel males’s gymnast Eyal Indig beforehand advised Fox News Digital that his nation’s safety workforce gave him and his teammates’ authorization to enter town, citing decades-long safety measures that the nation’s sports activities groups have used because the 1972 Munich Olympics, when eight terrorists related to the group Black September snuck into the Olympic Village in a failed mission to take Israeli athletes hostage.
“For us, it was very unusual,” Indig stated. “That identical safety did a scan one week earlier than our flight, in Indonesia, they had been in Indonesia, they usually licensed every part by way of safety. So we had full authorization from Israel safety’s workforce, and you’ll consider me that they would not authorize something that wasn’t secure. And our federation saved telling us it was secure.”
Indig later referred to as Indonesia’s resolution, “a blatant incident of discrimination on the premise of nationality.”
The Indonesian embassy within the U.S. responded to Fox News Digital’s request for remark, saying, “The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia has no additional remark to share on this matter.”
Indonesian Minister of Sport Erick Thohir beforehand defended his nation’s resolution in a press release within the remaining week of October.
“We adhere to the precept of sustaining safety, public order and the general public curiosity in internet hosting each worldwide occasion,” Thohir stated.
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Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation and has lengthy been a staunch supporter of Palestinians. The scheduled participation of Israeli athletes had sparked intense opposition inside the nation.
Indonesia was beforehand stripped of its proper to host soccer’s under-20 World Cup when the governor of Bali refused to host Team Israel in a sport.
The IGF additional condemned Indonesia’s denial in a press release offered to Fox News Digital.
“We contemplate the choice to bar the entry of the Israeli National Gymnastics Team from collaborating within the World Championships in Indonesia to be each outrageous and deeply troubling for the integrity of worldwide sport,” the assertion learn. “This resolution stands in full contradiction to the core rules of sport and truthful competitors and represents a harmful slippery slope towards the exclusion of athletes primarily based on political, non secular, or social concerns.
“Behind these phrases stand athletes who’ve devoted their lives to excellence. They labored tirelessly and deserve an equal probability to showcase their skills like all different gymnasts.
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Team Israel competes through the Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around Final on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Porte de La Chapelle Arena on Aug. 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
“The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has chosen to face by and permit the exclusion of the Israeli delegation, thereby successfully granting the Indonesian authorities the approval it sought. But we is not going to keep silent. The Israel Gymnastics Federation and Israel Olympic Committee appealed to the CAS, and we hope for a transparent and particular ruling which can forestall this from ever taking place once more.”
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is recommending that no worldwide sporting occasions be held in Indonesia after the nation barred the Israeli nationwide gymnastics workforce from the world championships in Jakarta. Additionally, the IOC is ending any discussions with Indonesia about internet hosting the Olympics sooner or later.
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