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Thirty-two years ago, 11 Israeli athletes were killed at the Munich
Olympics, after Palestinian militants stormed the Israeli team headquarters.
At a commemoration in Athens on Thursday night, IOC President Jacques
Rogge paid tribute to the men he described as "brothers of the Olympic
family".
Mr Rogge - himself an athlete at the 1972 Games - said the killings had
"forever changed the relationship between sport and politics".
But the widows of two of the victims say the IOC has a duty to mark the
deaths in an official way.
Ankie Spitzer, widow of fencing coach
Andre Spitzer, told a crowd of more than 200 at the Israeli ambassador's
residence: "More than 30 years have passed, but for, the families of the
innocent victims, it seems like only yesterday.
"But why are we standing here, we should have this memorial in front of
all the athletes. This is not an Israeli issue, this concerns the whole
Olympic family."
The IOC says that to introduce a specific reference to the victims of
the Munich massacre could alienate other members of the Olympic community.
Alex Gilady, an Israeli IOC official said: "We must consider what this
could do to other members of the delegations that are hostile to Israel."
But the commemoration ceremony - attended by many members of Israel's
current Olympic squad - comes just days after such hostilities came to the
surface at the Games.
Iran had said that its judo champion -
disqualified for not making his weight - Iresh Miresmaeili had been
ordered not to fight Israel's Ehud Vaks because of Tehran's political
boycott of Israel.
On Thursday the International Judo Federation ruled that politics had not played a
role in the disqualification - and that there would be no sanction against
the Iranian team.
Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat, speaking to the
reporters after the memorial service, said Israel would be "considering
the decision very seriously".
"Sport should be totally clean from any politics," the minister said.
Earlier Mr Zeevi told reporters: "There is a lot of security in the
athletes' village here in Athens, and it makes you remember what happened.
Terrorism is not just Israel's problem. Terrorist acts will always happen
but I think that it is important that sport should always be
pure."
（Agencies） |
三十二年前的慕尼黑奥运会上，巴勒斯坦武装分子突袭以色列代表团总部，十一名以色列运动员遇害。
星期四晚（8月19日），国际奥委会主席雅克·罗格出席了在雅典举行的纪念仪式，并向这些被他称为“奥林匹克大家庭的兄弟”致悼词。
罗格本人曾以运动员的身份参加了1972年奥运会。他说那起杀戮事件已经“永远改变了体育和政治的关系”。
但是，有两名受害者的遗孀认为国际奥委会有责任正式纪念死者。
击剑教练安德烈·斯皮尔的遗孀安克·斯皮尔在以色列大使馆对两百多名出席纪念仪式的人说：“三十多年过去了，而对于那些无辜的受害者的家属来说，惨剧就像发生在昨天。”
“但是我们今天为什么站在这里，是因为我们应该在全体运动员面前举行这次纪念仪式。这不仅仅是以色列的问题，它关系到整个奥林匹克大家庭。”
国际奥委会表示，如果对慕尼黑流血惨案的受害者予以特殊关注，这可能会疏远奥林匹克大家庭的其它成员。
以色列奥委会官员亚历克斯·吉利迪说：“我们必须考虑这种做法对那些敌视以色列的代表团中其他成员的影响。”
但是，这次纪念仪式是在本届奥运会上出现这种敌意短短几天后举行的，很多参加本次奥运会的以色列运动员出席了这次仪式。
伊朗方面透露，因体重超标而被取消比赛资格的伊朗柔道冠军埃瑞斯·米瑞斯玛利曾因德黑兰对以色列的政治抵制被要求不得参加与以色列选手艾户德·瓦克斯的比赛。
星期四，国际柔道联合会做出裁决：政治因素对取消比赛资格事件没有丝毫影响，伊朗队也不会受到制裁。
以色列文化和体育部长利莫尔·莉夫纳特女士在纪念仪式结束后向记者表示，以色列将会“严肃考虑这个决定”。
她说：“体育应该完全脱离政治。”
早些时候，（以色列旅游部长）基维告诉记者：“雅典奥运村已经采取了严密的防范措施，这让你回想起过去发生的悲剧。恐怖主义不仅仅是以色列的问题，恐怖袭击随时都可能发生。但我认为保持体育的纯洁性是非常重要的。”
（中国日报网站译） |
