Sport24.az
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected a complaint against the decision to bar Israeli gymnasts from the world championships. Sport24.az reports that the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships will be held in Jakarta from October 21 to 27. The Indonesian government refused to issue visas to the Israeli team due to the crisis in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Gymnastics Federation (IGF) appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to challenge this decision.
In its appeal, the IGF argued that the regulations of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) require a decision to be made if entry visas are not granted to all participating delegations at the event. The IGF also claimed that the absence of such a decision constitutes a denial of justice and thus creates a discriminatory situation.
FIG emphasized that it does not have the authority to issue entry visas to Indonesia and that the fact that Indonesian authorities did not issue visas to Israeli citizens is entirely outside FIG's jurisdiction.
"The applications for urgent provisional measures were considered by the Vice-President of the CAS Appeals Arbitration Division. Both requests were rejected," the CAS website said.
