Israeli Judo Team Competes for Medals at Abu Dhabi Grand Slam
Translated & summarized from N12 by baba
Ten Israeli judo competitors are participating in the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam in the UAE. Yitzhak Ashpiz and Gefen Primo have reached the repechage and bronze medal matches respectively. Other Israeli athletes experienced early eliminations in the tournament. The competition began on Thursday.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Israeli judokas Yitzhak Ashpiz and Gefen Primo will compete for bronze medals at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam.
- Ten Israeli judo athletes are participating in the Grand Slam tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
- Ashpiz lost in the quarterfinals but advanced to the repechage, while Primo lost her semifinal match.
- Several other Israeli competitors were eliminated in earlier rounds of the tournament.
- The competition commenced on Thursday with the Israeli national judo team.
The Israeli national judo team began its participation in the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam tournament in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday with ten representatives. Yitzhak Ashpiz (under 60 kg) advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Italy's Carlino with an impressive ippon, but then lost to Kudbudinov of Tajikistan, falling to the repechage bracket. In the repechage, he won against Britain's Charlie Aire and will compete for the bronze medal against Bakhtiyorov of Uzbekistan.
Gefen Primo (under 52 kg) also reached the quarterfinals, impressively defeating Olympic champion Dihiora Keldorova of Uzbekistan in an aggressive match. She then defeated Italy's Kenia Perna in the quarterfinals. Primo lost in the semifinals to Topolovec of Croatia and will now face Tereza Bodnerova of the Czech Republic for the bronze medal.
Other Israeli competitors saw mixed results. Tom Shmuelev (under 66 kg) won his first match against Kubets of Russia but lost in the second round to Pashiev of Azerbaijan. Tamar Nelson Levy (under 57 kg) lost in golden score to Yu of Korea. Matan Kokoliev (under 66 kg) lost his second-round match to Yilkayev of Azerbaijan.
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