Sunday, August 07, 2016
Refugee Team a disgrace
The idea of Refugee Team in the Olympics is a disgrace, the
money funding these athletes should have gone to Refugees in real need not
these athletes who are not in need. The corrupt IOC change the rules to suit
themselves and this just proves they are a Western based Political
organisation. Their attack on just Russia over Drug abuse proved that they are
under the control of the EU, UK and USA why were other countries not
investigated, already drug cheats from other countries have been banned.
Judoka Yolande Bukasa
Mabika and Popole from Congo are two of the refugee team, yet their Country the
Congo is competing as a nation, these two train in Rio one must ask the
question are they true refugees considering they have a better life in Brazil
and are obviously sponsored by someone. According to reports they applied for
asylum in 2013 after the World Championships, something they were selected for
and paid for by their country. They left their family behind and if you read
the Guardian report they fled death and torture all while practising their Judo
and being supported by their government. Not quite the idea of a refugee the
IOC wants you to see
To qualify as a man, you have to be top 22 in the world on
the IJF World ranking list by May 2016, and as a woman you need to be top 14 by
the same date. However, in the case that two people from the same country have
qualified, only one of them can be selected in order to make room for another
country to send an athlete.
Neither of these athletes according to the IJF ranking web
site are even shown on the ranking list while many GB players are, so why were
they not given a pass to enter the Olympics? Did they not work as hard to try
and make the standard? Once again the IJF has double standard by allowing
Judoka to enter the Olympics who are not in the top 22, they could argue the
case if the Judoka was a displaced person but in the ranking list. You cannot
blame the Judoka as they have had the chance to compete and I hope they do well
and prove me wrong especially as Judo needs some World Class Judoka from
Africa. This Refugee Team is nothing more then Propaganda Tool for the IOC and
IJF, both organisations who have their own internal difficulties.
# posted by IBFBCSA @ 2:49 AM 
