CAS rejects Israel’s appeal to join artistic gymnastics worlds in Indonesia

The Indonesia authorities said past week it volition not assistance visas to Israeli gymnasts for the World Championships.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected appeals by the Israel Gymnastics Federation to beryllium allowed to vie astatine a satellite championships successful Indonesia this weekend.

The CAS besides turned down Israel’s petition to unit the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to warrant Israel’s participation, oregon alternatively cancel oregon determination the creator worlds, acceptable to commencement connected Sunday successful Jakarta.

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The Indonesian authorities past week said it volition not assistance visas to Israeli gymnasts, and the Swiss-based CAS said connected Tuesday that FIG stated it has nary power implicit Indonesia’s visa policies.

In its absorption to Indonesia’s move, the FIG did not endanger to instrumentality the lawsuit distant from Indonesia arsenic stipulated successful its statutes for cases wherever the big refuses to contented visas. Israel wanted the FIG “taking note” of the authorities connection to beryllium annulled, but CAS besides rejected that connected Tuesday.

Indonesia’s determination to contradict visas came aft Israel’s planned information sparked aggravated absorption successful the world’s astir populous Muslim-majority nation, which has agelong been a staunch protagonist of Palestinians.

Israel is among 86 countries registered to vie astatine the worlds, with a squad featuring 2021 Olympic golden medallist and defending satellite champion Artem Dolgopyat successful the men’s level exercise.

Now its information is successful doubt, adjacent though the Israeli federation said successful July that it had been assured by Indonesian officials that it would beryllium invited astatine the worlds. That would person gone against Indonesia’s longstanding argumentation of refusing to big Israeli athletics delegations for large events.

The gymnastics spat is the latest illustration of however the planetary backlash against Israel implicit the humanitarian toll of the warfare successful Gaza has dispersed into the arenas of athletics and culture.