The world judo industry may register one of its highlights in the first place, if the judoka who defected from his homeland reaches the Grand Slam in Tel Aviv
Mulai is celebrating.
Will he come to Israel for the first time?
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IPI
The global judo industry may register one of its highlights tomorrow (Sunday), if it is indeed predicted that Iranian judoka Said Moulay will land in Israel ahead of the Grand Slam tournament that will be held this weekend.
Moulay, who moved to represent Mongolia after refusing to return to Iran from Germany, where he has been living for the past few years and in fact became a refugee, is scheduled to take off tomorrow on a charter flight by the Israeli Judo Association, but complicated security issues could ruin the union's fantasy.
In addition, the decorated French judoka, Teddy Renier, deleted his name from the list of participants.
On the other hand, the excellent Kosovar, from Ilinda Kalmandi who competed in Israel in 2019, will arrive this time as well.
Marius Wieser, chairman of the International Judo Association, will land in Israel on Monday. All the planes set up by the Association of Athletes in Istanbul and Paris will soon be filled, and a total of over 400 participants will arrive in Tel Aviv.
The chairman of the Judo Association, Moshe Ponti, continues to try to allow 200 spectators each evening in the Drive-In hall - a total of 600 spectators who will present a vaccine certificate: "Unfortunately we can not sell tickets as we wanted, because according to demand we would fill a much larger hall More".
