One year after the Paris Olympics, the Judo Association returned from the World Championships in Qatar with a record achievement of 3 medals. Israel returned in Uzbekistan with a bronze medal from the team competition.
The three medals, the gold at the top, as well as the 5th and 7th places that enter the final table gave rise to the most successful World Judo Championships Israel has ever had. After Japan and France, the traditional judo powers, and Georgia, which immediately followed them in third place, Ponti, his judokas and the national coaches will sit tomorrow.