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PARIS — The International Judo Federation will conduct an investigation after Messaoud Dris of Algeria missed weight at the Paris Games on the day before he was scheduled to face Tohar Butbul of Israel. The IJF's investigation will occur after the Olympics, but the governing body indicated that it accepted the initial explanation for Dris' absence as legitimate. The bout was scheduled to be the first in the men's 73-kilogram division Monday. But given its political implications, many suspected it would not happen from the moment Dris and Butbul were matched in the random draw last week.
