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A Jordanian athlete withdrew from a taekwondo championship in Bulgaria to avoid facing an opponent from Israel, reported Middle East Monitor.
MAYSIR AL-DAHAMSHEH of the Jordanian women’s junior taekwondo team.Photo courtesy of Twitter.
Maysir Al-Dahamsheh, a member of the Jordanian women’s junior taekwondo team, made the move on Sunday, July 31, after reaching the finals of the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships .
Her withdrawal comes two months after Jordanian national fencing player Eyas Al-Zamer withdrew from the World Juniors Fencing Championship in the United Arab Emirates, where he was scheduled to play against an Israeli athlete.
A Jordanian national table-tennis player did the same last summer at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Slovenia by withdrawing from the competition to avoid playing against an Israeli.
