Egyptian judoka refused to shake hands with his opponent from Israel

Alas, the dirty politics penetrates even the Olympics. On the judo competition in Rio de Janeiro El Shehab Egyptian judoka at full tribunes he refused to shake hands with his Israeli opponent.

 Egyptian heavyweight judoka Islam Shehab El - Radical Muslim-Salafi. Even before the start of the Olympics in Rio Egyptian ultraradicals demanded from him that he refused to fight an Israeli Orom Sasson.

The fears were not in vain: two throws Or Sasson has won a victory in the fight with El Shehab and reached the semifinal of the heavyweights.

After the defeat of the Egyptians for a few moments he remained on the carpet, and then stood next to the referee, turning away from the opponent. Or Sasson held out his hand for the traditional handshake in judo after the fight, but El Shehab, shaking his head and turned away.

Double-Sasson tried all the same to get the enemy's handshake, but he stubbornly refused to go to the Israeli. In the end, the referee was obliged to order the El Shehab step up and make the traditional bow to the enemy. However, the Egyptians only briefly nodded and walked from the platform under the disapproving hum of the crowd.

As stated after the fight Or Sasson, he was not surprised by what happened. "I knew it was coming, so was not surprised, - said an Israeli athlete -.. I have nothing to say it was his decision to personally happened to me I did not influence the professional fighter..."

The incident with the Egyptian fighter had no impact on the fate of the tournament Sasson. Israeli judoka went safely into the final of the tournament and brought his team to a bronze medal in the heavyweight.

But the troubles did not end El Shehab. Immediately after the incident, the International Olympic Committee has collected an extraordinary meeting of the disciplinary committee to discuss the act of the Egyptian athlete. . "This is totally unacceptable Such an act is no excuse," - commented a representative of the IOC happened. Olympic Committee of Egypt also distanced himself from the athlete, saying that even before the start of the tournament El Shehab instructed and reminded of the need to comply with all the rules in a fight with an Israelite.

The International Judo Federation has also promised to review the incident - however, after the Games. A spokesman Nicolas Messner said that the agreement itself is Egyptian judoka to enter the battle with the Israeli "can already be considered progress."