Minister: Iran Judo Athletes to Attend Int’l Events With IOC Flag

Date: 06 September 2022 - 21:30

News ID: ۱۰۶۶۱۵

TEHRAN – The Iranian Minister of Sports and Youth Hamid Sajjadi said that the country’s judo fighters will participate in the international events with International Olympic Committee (IOC) flag.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ann unced its final decision regarding Iran’s case.
Accordingly, Iran’s judo suspension will go on for another year, which prevents Iranian athletes from participating in international events.
During the trip to Switzerland, the International Olympic Committee helped us so that the Iranian Judo fighters would not miss international events, Hamid Sajjadi noted.
Sajjadi added that the Iranian judokas would participate in the international Olympic quota competitions with the IOC flag so that they might be able to win the quota to attend Paris competitions.