A Tajik Judo Olympian Nurali Emomali reportedly said, ‘Allahu Akbar’ and refused to shake his Israeli opponent’s hand after defeating the Israeli at the Paris Olympics 2024.
In a 66-kilogram Judo competition, Nurali defeated his Israeli rival Baruch Shmailov. While leaving, he not only refused to shake hands with him but also looked at him and said, ‘Allahu Akbar (Allah is the greatest)’.
The Tajik athlete is not the first player to refuse to shake hands with an Israeli competitor in the Paris Olympics. Earlier, a Moroccan athlete also refused to shake hands with the same athlete after losing to him.
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In a later match for the Olympic medal, Emomali took on Japan’s Hifumi Abe in the quarter-finals but fell due to an arm injury, forcing him to withdraw from the tournament.
