Israeli taekwondoin Avishag Semberg automatically advanced to the semi-finals at the Grand Slam in China after her Iranian opponent, Saeeda Nasiri, failed to show up at the match.
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Semberg, 21, competed in the 49-kilogram category at the event that counts toward the qualifying race for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In the first round, she defeated her Chinese opponent with a score of 0:2. It is in the second round that she was supposed to face off against Nasiri, who, like many Iranian athletes before, refused to face an Israeli opponent.
Semberg made history in 2021 after winning bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the youngest Israeli to ever win a medal.
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