Iran reverts to boycott of Israel's Olympians
A meeting between athletes from Israel and Iran looked to be as unlikely as ever on Tuesday, just a day after a senior Iranian sporting official declared that his delegation will compete against every country at the upcoming London Olympics.
Bahram Afsharzadeh, head of the Iranian Olympic Mission, was quoted as saying on Monday that his delegation had no plans to boycott events because of the nationality of opponents. However, it took only a few hours for the Iranian media to claim his comments were misinterpreted, although the chances of an Iranian and an Israeli meeting at the 2012 Games are virtually nonexistent.
Following the withdrawal of judoka Javad Mahjoob, who may have faced Israel’s Arik Ze’evi in the under-100 kilogram competition, the only possible meeting between representatives of the feuding countries is in the 400- meter to be run by Israel’s Donald Sanford and Iran’s Sajjad Hashemi.
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