The Budapest Grand Slam tournament in judo, which gives a high score to the Olympic Games in Paris, kicked off tomorrow (Friday) with the participation of about 400 athletes from 61 countries with the biggest names in the industry, with the draw held today.
World champion Sagi Muki (up to 81 kg) will compete on Saturday, where he will wait for a winner between a Frenchman and a Canadian. Who fled his homeland after the 2019 World Cup, when he was not allowed to compete against Muki, if Moulay also wins his first fight.
On the opening day tomorrow, six Israelis will compete: in the 60 kg, Lior Rapalov, who will open in front of the tenth ranked Georgian Czech warrior in the world, in the 66 kg, Baruch Shmailov and Tal Flicker who advanced directly to the second round, due to their high world ranking.
In the women's on Friday, she will climb the mat in the weight category up to 48 kg, preliminary singing, along with Geffen Primo (up to 52 kg) and the new and world-ranked European champion Timna Nelson Levy (up to 57 kg), who will want to continue the momentum The positive, even after the bronze in the Mongolia Grand Slam.
On Saturday, Muki will also be joined in the competition by Inbal Shemesh and Gili Sharir (up to 63 kg), Maya Goshen (up to 70 kg) and in men Tohar Botbul, who also automatically passed the first round weighing up to 73 kg. Inbal will close the competition on Sunday Sun (up to 78 kg), Raz Hershko (over 78 kg), who would like to achieve an eighth consecutive medal in the round, Lee Kochman (up to 90 kg) and Pete Plachik (up to 100 kg).
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