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After the World Judo Championship: Yam Volchak jumped in the world ranking Israel today

10/16/2022, 7:48:10 AM


After the impressive competition, the young judoka jumped no less than 26 places • Raz Hershko is ranked third, a drop also for Nelson Levy

A few days after the end of the World Championship, the World Judo Association published today (Sunday) the new world ranking.

Tamna Nelson Levy, who for a long time led the ranking in the weight category up to 57 kg, dropped to second place, while Raz Hershko (over 78 kg), dropped 2 places and ranked third, the same place ranked by Inbar Lanir (up to 78 kg ).

Toher Botbol's fifth place in Tashkent moved him up one place, when he was in fourth place.

Peter Palachik (up to 100 kg) and Baruch Shamailov (up to 66 kg), occupy the sixth place in the world and Gefen Primo (up to 52 kg), also in the top ten, and is ranked seventh.

Palachik., Photo: Oren Aharoni

The impressive jumps in the ranking were made by the young people in the group: Yam Volchek, who finished his first world championship on Thursday, jumped 26 places, and is ranked in weight up to 60 kg in 36th place, Ido Levin (up to 73 kg), ranked 48 in the world

Both Volchek and Levin will participate this weekend in the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, with a number of other young people, when the women's team will also take part, with the exception of Mahreshko and Nelson Levy who were rested.

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