The Indonesia authorities mentioned final week it won’t grant visas to Israeli gymnasts for the World Championships.
Printed On 14 Oct 2025
The Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport has rejected appeals by the Israel Gymnastics Federation to be allowed to compete at a world championships in Indonesia this weekend.
The CAS additionally turned down Israel’s request to pressure the Worldwide Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to ensure Israel’s participation, or alternatively cancel or transfer the creative worlds, set to start out on Sunday in Jakarta.
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The Indonesian authorities final week mentioned it won’t grant visas to Israeli gymnasts, and the Swiss-based CAS mentioned on Tuesday that FIG said it has no management over Indonesia’s visa insurance policies.
In its response to Indonesia’s transfer, the FIG didn’t threaten to take the occasion away from Indonesia as stipulated in its statutes for circumstances the place the host refuses to problem visas. Israel needed the FIG “taking be aware” of the federal government assertion to be annulled, however CAS additionally rejected that on Tuesday.
Indonesia’s determination to disclaim visas got here after Israel’s deliberate participation sparked intense opposition on the planet’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, which has lengthy been a staunch supporter of Palestinians.
Israel is amongst 86 international locations registered to compete on the worlds, with a group that includes 2021 Olympic gold medallist and defending world champion Artem Dolgopyat within the males’s flooring train.
Now its participation is unsure, though the Israeli federation mentioned in July that it had been assured by Indonesian officers that it will be welcome on the worlds. That might have gone towards Indonesia’s longstanding coverage of refusing to host Israeli sport delegations for main occasions.
The gymnastics spat is the most recent instance of how the worldwide backlash towards Israel over the humanitarian toll of the struggle in Gaza has unfold into the arenas of sport and tradition.
