Palestinian Athletes Invited to Compete at Paris Olympics… Without Having to Qualify – IOTW Report

Palestinian Athletes Invited to Compete at Paris Olympics… Without Having to Qualify

GP: Palestinian athletes will be given the opportunity to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games without having to qualify.

Thomas Bach, head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), confirmed that six to eight Palestinian athletes will be invited to participate in the Paris Games. Qualification events are currently ongoing.

“Whave made the clear commitment that even if no [Palestinian] athlete would qualify on the field of play… then the NOC [National Olympic Committee] of Palestine would benefit from invitations, like other national Olympic Committees who do not have a qualified athlete,” Bach said in an interview with Agence France-Presse.

Bach added that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had always “supported in many different ways the athletes to allow them to take part in qualifications and to continue their training.”

His comments come as Israel comes under increasing pressure from around the world to ease its offensive against the Islamist group Hamas, which has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians. more

28 Comments on Palestinian Athletes Invited to Compete at Paris Olympics… Without Having to Qualify

  1. These assholes athletes should be required to help pay for their privileges by helping out with administrative tasks. My suggestion is in field event apparatus retrieval: javelin, shot put, discus, hammer. All those could be expedited if there were catchers right there in the landing zones to immediately bring the projectiles back to the launch pad, assuming the catchers are still ambulatory.

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  2. And next week we will hear of all the mentally ill men that will now be competing in the women’s categories. The Olympics has been a joke for a very long time now. Most likely they will use the venue to kick off WW3.

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  3. I think we need a new decathlon of sorts that will cater to Hamass’ strengths.
    What events would be included? I see a couple above from ecp and Muhammadan Dan.

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  4. “And the crowd grows silent as Achmed prepares to launch Massoud feet first in a 10-meter descent into a standard wine barrel. And here he goes… Away!”

    (*GASP*) “Ooooh, he missed! But One leg was in! So, Achmed is technically not out of the competition, yet! He’ll get one more chance in round three.”

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  5. Who wants to sprint in the 100 yard when the jerk-off that got off the blocks last is using an AK to “level” the field.

    Slightly off topic, I had to look up to see if they were summer or winter Olympics, that’s how much I follow that garbage.

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