Six athletes, including one woman, have been selected to represent the Palestinian territories at the Paris Olympics, a Palestinian Olympic Committee official told The Associated Press on Monday. The athletes will compete in boxing, judo, swimming, shooting and taekwondo, said Nader Jayousi, technical director of the Palestinian Olympic Committee. Jayousi said there was a small possibility that a seventh athlete in track and field would be added.
Athletes will compete in boxing, judo, swimming, shooting and taekwondo
At the Tokyo Games, the Palestinian territories sent five athletes in swimming, athletics, weightlifting and judo. Barring injuries, the COP will have more athletes in Paris despite the war between Israel and Hamas that has brutally interrupted the sporting movement since last October. Contacted by the Associated Press, the IOC declined to comment on the Palestinian selection, recalling that the deadline for registering athletes for Paris is July 8. The Games begin July 24.
Only one Palestinian athlete – taekwondo player Omar Ismail – qualified directly for Paris under official conditions.
Alongside Ismail, Jorge Antonio Salhe will compete in shooting, Yazan al Bawwab and Valerie Tarazi in swimming, Fares Badawi in judo, and Wasim Abusal in boxing. Al Bawwab had already competed at the Tokyo Games.
These athletes will participate under a wild card system that allows athletes representing poorer nations with less established sporting programs to compete, even if they have not met the sporting criteria.
2024-07-02 07:16:37
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