IOC says Indonesia has not met requested guarantees after denying visas to Israeli gymnasts, violating policy

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has aired retired its existent disagreement with the Indonesian authorities aft Israeli gymnasts were prevented from entering the state for the World Championships successful October. 

The IOC confirmed to Fox News Digital that Indonesia hasn't agreed to immoderate of the committee's requested guarantees successful the aftermath of the incident. 

"The IOC held meetings with World Gymnastics and the NOC of Indonesia to sermon the events which happened successful October. So far, the IOC has not received the requested guarantees from the government," an IOC connection read.

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Silver medalists Team Israel observe connected the podium during the Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around Final medal ceremonial connected time 15 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 astatine Porte de La Chapelle Arena successful Paris, France, connected Aug. 10, 2024. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Indonesian Embassy successful the U.S. for comment.

The IOC antecedently condemned the state for its denial of visas to the Israeli athletes and declared it a breach of the planetary charter. All speech astir Indonesia hosting a aboriginal Olympics was terminated, and the IOC HAD advised planetary organizers not to docket immoderate large events successful the country.

"These actions deprive athletes of their close to vie peacefully and forestall the Olympic question from showing the powerfulness of sport," the IOC enforcement committee said successful a connection successful October. "The IOC’s principled presumption is precise clear: All eligible athletes, teams and sports officials indispensable beryllium capable to enactment successful planetary sports competitions and events without immoderate signifier of favoritism from the big country, successful accordance with the Olympic Charter and the cardinal principles of nondiscrimination, autonomy and governmental neutrality that govern the Olympic Movement."

The Indonesian authorities cited information concerns for its determination to contradict the Israel squad visas, informing of imaginable threats wrong its state to the information of the Israeli athletes and hazard the information of others. 

However, Team Israel claimed its ain country's information item determined the state was harmless to enter, and cleared its athletes to question there. 

"We received authorization from the Israeli Security Authorities to enactment successful the World Championship taxable to the indispensable information protocols successful place. From our broadside each preparations were implicit - Registration process, Entry Visas to Indonesia and Israeli Security Authorities confirmation," the Israel Gymnastics Federation (IGF) antecedently told Fox News Digital.

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Team Israel competes during the Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around Final connected time 15 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 astatine Porte de La Chapelle Arena successful Paris, France, connected Aug. 10, 2024. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Israel men's gymnast Eyal Indig antecedently recalled the days starring up to their visa denial successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital.

"The ceremonial crushed fixed by the Indonesian authorities was that america participating would endanger us, and the different nationalist delegations," Indig said. "For us, it was precise strange… That aforesaid information did a scan 1 week earlier our flight, successful Indonesia, they were successful Indonesia, and they authorized everything successful presumption of security. So we had afloat authorization from Israel security's team, and you tin judge maine that they wouldn't authorize thing that wasn't safe. And our federation kept telling america it was safe."

Indig aboriginal called Indonesia's decision, "a blatant incidental of favoritism connected the ground of nationality."

Israel women's gymnast Lihie Raz told Fox News Digital, "We were disappointed and frustrated, due to the fact that for us, sports is simply a spot that is escaped of politics."

Indonesian Minister of Sport Erick Thohir antecedently defended his country's determination successful a connection successful the last week of October.

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Lihie Raz from Team Israel trains connected the vault during a gymnastics grooming league up of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games successful Paris, France, connected July 25, 2024. (Tom Weller/VOIGT/GettyImages)

"We adhere to the rule of maintaining security, nationalist bid and the nationalist involvement successful hosting each planetary event," Thohir said.

Indonesia was antecedently stripped of its close to big the under-20 World Cup erstwhile the politician of Bali refused to big Team Israel successful a game.

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