A Saudi judo competitor forfeited her first round match at the Olympic Games to avoid going up against a rival from Israel, it has been claimed.
Joud
Fahmy was supposed to have taken on Christianne Legentil from Mauritius
for the right to take on Israel's Gili Cohen in the next round.
But
before the clash, Saudi officials tweeted that she had injured her arm
and leg during training and that medics had told her to pull out.
Joud Fahmy
was one of four women Saudi Arabia sent to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics,
doubling its female participation after two women competed for the
first time at the 2012 London Games.
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