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One thing was certain: Joud Fahmy forfeited her first-round judo match at the 2016 Olympic Games. But the reasoning behind her absence was decidedly less clear. Speculation abounded when it was announced that Fahmy, a young Saudi Arabian athlete who has been training in Santa Monica, would not compete in the women’s 52-kilogram division Sunday […]
