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Nourine had refused a possible fight against an Israeli at the Tokyo Games and refused to participate in the Olympics. The world association then started investigations against the 30-year-old athlete and his coach Amar Benikhlef, who was also banned for ten years. Both had already been provisionally suspended in Tokyo.

Nourine and Benikhlef said they gave up fighting the Israeli to express their support for the Palestinians. The Algerian Olympic Committee revoked both men’s accreditations and sent them home.

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