The International Olympic Committee took swift action against Indonesia for denying visas to Israeli athletes set to compete in the 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships being held in Jakarta through Saturday.

Topping the list? Indonesia’s bid for the 2036 Summer Games has been halted.

So, likely, has hosting any other international sports events or meetings.

And Indonesia’s national Olympic committee as well as the International Gymnastics Federation are being summoned to the IOC’s Swiss headquarters to explain why the Israeli team wasn’t allowed to compete.

The actions were taken by the IOC Executive Board, which hadn’t been scheduled to meet until early December. But just days after issuing a statement promising to take up the issue, the board, led by new IOC Preside

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