The Israeli judo team today (Sunday) finished one of its best Grand Slam competitions, when the athletes in blue and white won six medals - one of silver and another 5 bronze, the largest amount after the Japanese team.
Now face off for the Zagreb Grand Prix to be held this coming weekend, in one of the last preparatory competitions before the World Championships in Kazakhstan.
Shani Hershko is pleased with Lanir Veraz, Photo: Judo Association
Silver medalist Inbar Lanier, said: "I am proud of the way I do and proud of the medal I won, of course I really wanted to win gold but I know I have somewhere to improve and I am committed to putting all my efforts into being better."
Raz Hershko, who is counting an eighth medal in a row, said: "Although there is some disappointment that I only won a bronze I feel I am improving, I appreciate every medal that comes from hard work and efforts. My goal is to get as ready as possible to Paris, 2024
Women's national team coach Shani Hershko: "We have finished another Grand Slam as part of the battle for the Olympic criteria for Paris 2024, once again the team athletes and the professional team manage to translate the hard work and commitment to win 4 prestigious medals."
"Inbar Lanir won a silver medal, Raz Hershko a bronze in addition to the bronze medals of Geffen Primo and Timna Nelson-Levy. Maya Goshen finished within touching distance of a medal in fifth place, and initial singing in 7th place. Our goal is to bring a full team to Paris and continue to make history on the way to the Olympics and the Olympics themselves. "
Judo Association chairman Moshe Ponti: "We finish a good competition professionally, and praise goes to the athletes and the training teams for their efforts and results.
We will learn the lessons as usual in order to continue to improve. "
Another achievement for the Judo Association, Photo: Judo Association
Israel's senior tennis player Lina Glushko, lost tonight (Sunday) in the final of the final of the Coroios Seychelles tournament in Portugal to the Dutch Leslie Patinama Krakow 2: 0.
Glushko, ranked 268th in the world, succumbed to her rival ranked third in the tournament and 128th in the world, with 4: 6, 4: 6 while managing to put in only 48 percent of her first serve and took advantage of only twice of the six chances she had to break.
If so, Glushko can be happy with the last week and in general in the last period, when tomorrow she is expected to rise to a record ranking in her career and be ranked among the top 250 in the world.
In the men's, Yishai Uliel, ranked 345 in the world, also surrendered in the final, in the Marburg tournament in Germany, to the Belgian Rafael Colignon (540) with 6: 2, 6: 2.
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