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Refugee athlete Arab Sibghatullah put in a gutsy performance before losing to Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Matthias Casse in the men’s -81kg judo event at Paris 2024.
Sibghatullah is one of six judokas in the Refugee Olympic Team, and was handed a daunting opening task in the round of 32

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PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 30: Sibghatullah Arab of Refugee Olympic Team (blue) and Matthias Casse of Team Belgium (white) compete in the Judo Men -81kg Elimination Round of 32 on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Champs-de-Mars Arena on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Arab Sibghatullah

Refugee judoka Sibghatullah falls to 2021 world champion

For judokas across the world, the Olympic Games Paris 2024 begin on 24 June 2022 - the date the International Judo Federation has chosen for the start of the Olympic qualification period.
As the host country, France have been allocated a quota for one athlete per weight category and will

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 27: Clarisse Agbegnenou of Team France and Catherine Pinard-Beauchemin of Team Canada compete during the Womenâ€™s Judo 63kg Semifinal of Table A on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Nippon Budokan on July 27, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

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