Israel's judo team successfully opened the Judo Grand Slam in judo today (Friday) after Thal Flicker and Timna Nelson Levy won bronze medals.
Flickr, who competes in the weight category up to 66 kg, started with victories over rivals from Montenegro and Brazil, when in the quarterfinals he suffered penalty after penalty against the world-ranked Dennis Viaro Moldova and moved to the House of Consolation.
At this point he first defeated the Spaniard Alberto Martin Guitar.
In the battle for the bronze medal, Orhan Safarov of Azeri, the 2017 world runner-up from Orhan, waited for the Israeli, who did not enter the battle due to injury.
Flicker said thank you and went up to the podium.
Nelson Levy (up to 57 kg) passed in the first rounds rivals from Great Britain and Cuba, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jessica Lima from Brazil and moved to the House of Consolation.
At this stage, in Vasari, she defeated the Frenchwoman Pisa Mokdar, and in the battle for third place against the Canadian Christa Deguchi, the 2019 world champion, the Israeli took three penalties from her opponent and also achieved the bronze.
Geffen Primo, who celebrated his 22nd birthday this week, opened with victories in the first rounds over rivals from Venezuela and Italy, but was stopped in the quarterfinals by iPhone to Hungary's fifth-ranked Rika Pop.
At the Consolation House she lost to Mongolian Koldori Bisherlet and finished in seventh place.
Weighing up to 48 kg, initial singing was eliminated already in her first fight, after a loss in the iPhone over local Silla Arsin.
The Grand Slam in Turkey, is the final preparation for one of the important goals of the year, at the European Championships to be held at the end of the month in Sofia.
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