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“There is no tolerance whatsoever for discrimination at Union Berlin,” said club president Dirk Zingler.
Washington Wizards’ general manager Tommy Sheppard says like the rest of the players, Avdija will have to prove himself in the pre-season and earn his playing time. He adds that the 20-year-old is a “very clever playmaker. I think he’ll be able to help us.”
Fethi Nourine said he made the decision with the help of his coach in order to “support the Palestinian cause.”
Fans keeping score of the numbers—or rather, the percent—of Jewish participants in the men’s and women’s singles draws and in the men’s doubles draw may be pleasantly surprised.
The second Israeli to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Games, Mark Malyar was born with cerebral palsy as was his twin, also a Paralympic swimmer.
Adi Topolosky is bringing awareness to equality in sports, doing her part to empower others in her bat mitzvah year and for the future.
Iyad Shalabi swam the 100-meter backstroke in 2:28.04, becoming the first Arab Israeli ever to win the top prize.
Palestinian Media Watch cited the approval of Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine when he withdrew from a competition in the Tokyo Olympics in July to avoid facing Israel’s Tohar Butbul.
“I enjoyed every second of it,” he said. “You never know if you’ll get an opportunity like that again.”
The Israeli Paralympics team is headed to Tokyo to compete in nine sports in the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5.
Many in the Jewish world are sharing in Israel’s record-setting four medal wins at the just-concluded 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
The 22-year-old athlete is the first Israeli woman to win an Olympic gold medal, Israel’s second in the Tokyo games.
