Iranian judoka Wahid Sarlak lost his match against a competitor from Azerbaijan on purpose Sunday in order to avoid a showdown with Israeli judoka Gal
By JPOST.COM STAFF, THE JERUSALEM POST
Iranian judoka Wahid Sarlak lost his match against a competitor from Azerbaijan on purpose Sunday in order to avoid a showdown with Israeli judoka Gal Yekutiel at the world judo championships in Cairo.
After the match, a sobbing Sarlak revealed that heads of the Judo federation in Teheran had instructed him to lose the match.
Yekutiel is now two victories away from clinching a bronze medal, Army Radio reported.