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“It’s a shame that we’re bringing problems from the Middle East, which is tens of thousands of kilometers away from here, to the world’s largest sporting event. It doesn’t matter right now what your political views are, what happened contradicts the Olympic spirit.”

(Israel’s Olympic coach Udi Gal reflects on the Lebanese team blocking the Israeli team from entering the same bus at Rio 2016 via Facebook, 07/08/2016)