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By TOI Staff - February 19, 2021
In a historic achievement, Iranian dissident judoka Saeid Mollaei won a silver medal Friday at the Grand Slam international judo competition held in Tel Aviv.
Mollaei took second place in the under-81kg category after losing to Uzbekistan’s Sahrofiddin Boltaboev.
The Iranian competed under the Mongolian flag after becoming a citizen of the Asian nation.
He fled his home country after being forced to lose a match on purpose to avoid facing Israel’s Sagi Muki in 2019.
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