(August 19, 2022 / JNS) A younger Lebanese athlete withdrew his participation within the 2022 Youth Worldwide Combined Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) World Championships within the United Arab Emirates to keep away from dealing with an Israeli opponent, Lebanon’s Arabic-language tv station Al-Manar reported.
Charbel Abou Daher pulled out of the competitors in Abu Dhabi after a draw positioned him in opposition to Israeli athlete Yonatan Mak within the Youth B 48-kilogram weight class class.
Almost 500 athletes from 42 international locations are competing this 12 months throughout a number of divisions within the Youth IMMAF World Championships, which runs from August 17-20.
Daher’s withdrawal from the competitors comes after Iraqi tennis gamers Nasr Mahdi and Mohammad Al-Mahdi withdrew from the 2022 Bucharest Open Wheelchair Tennis Match in Romania earlier in August after refusing to face two Israeli rivals, the Palestinian Wafa information company reported.
In late July, Jordanian taekwondo fighter Maysir al-Dahamsheh pulled out of the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships in Bulgaria, after reaching the finals, to keep away from dealing with an Israeli rival.
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