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Promised medal: Gili Sharir advanced to the final of the Mongolia Grand Slam Israel today

2022-06-25T07:31:17.255Z


Judoka, who competes in the weight category up to 63 kg, defeated contestants from Uzbekistan and Russia and qualified for the decisive stage.


Grand Slam Ulan's second day in the Mongolian capital's column opened this morning (Saturday) when Gili Sharir advanced to the final and secured a medal, and Tohar Botbol secured his place in the semi-finals.

Sagi Muki was eliminated in the first battle. 

Weighing up to 63 kg, Sharir automatically qualified for the quarterfinals thanks to her high ranking, where she defeated the Uzbek Cevich Iskova in a tie and advanced to the semifinals against the Russian Camila Budrova from which she took three penalties two seconds to go and reached the final. 

At the same weight, Kerem Primo, Geffen's younger sister, achieved victory in her first battle against Kazakh Semalia Yeroglova, who received a third penalty, just 6 seconds to the end of the fight.

In the quarterfinals, she met Brigitte Verga of Hungary but absorbed an iPhone that sent the Israeli to the consolation house, where she faced Korean Jing Kim, made a 3:18 minute hug in the gold score and achieved an iPhone that also sent her into battle for third place.

Maya Goshen, who competes in the weight category up to 70 kg, started with a victory over a local rival, when in the quarterfinals against the state of Russia Timizova, the Olympic bronze medalist, who competes under the wave of the World Judo Association (IJF), won the iPhone and sent the Israeli to the consolation house In the battle, the Israeli twice defeated Vasari over a Mongolian opponent, and went up for the bronze medal.

Men: Botul in the bronze photo, Muki dismissed

2021 European runner-up Purity Botbol, ​​opened with a victory in Vasari over a local opponent.

In the quarter-finals, he met the Frenchman Benjamin Geva, from whom he issued penalty after penalty, with the third coming 2:18 minutes inside the gold score, which lifted him to the semi-finals. 

In the last four, he met Mamadkov from the world-ranked Russian Amadbuk, who defeated him in a fast latch and Botbol went on to compete for the bronze medal.

Botbol purity.

Will fight for the bronze, Photo: Oren Aharoni

Sagi Muki, the former world champion, met in the first round the 22-year-old Kazakh Mabilaihan Juvenzar, and has already led him in Vasari, but his opponent managed to equalize.

Two minutes from the start, Muki went into a hug exercise, but a counter-attack, caused him to be dismissed already at this point. 

As you may recall, this Grand Slam is the opening shot for the Paris Olympics campaign in 2024, in which the first points for the world rankings are donated, from which the athletes went to the Olympics.

Yesterday, the opening day, Timna Nelson Levy (up to 57 kg) achieved the bronze medal. 

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Source: israelhayom

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