Faith is most important

Why Ramadan makes judo brothers even stronger!

Wachid Borchashvili (right) failed early on in Linz.(Bild: Oliver Sellner)

Big disappointment! Wachid Borchashvili was already eliminated in the 2nd round at the Upper Austria Judo Grand Prix in Linz. After his brother Shamil had already withdrawn, the devout Muslims enter a special time without a sense of achievement. Because Ramadan begins on Sunday evening. 

"I felt weak and got a headache," former German soccer star and practicing Muslim Mesut Özil once said after he had followed the Islamic commandment not to eat or drink anything from sunrise to sunset during the 30-day Ramadan. Especially in top-class sport, it is extremely challenging to fast for religious reasons and still deliver top performances.