Israel's judo team, tonight (Saturday) finished the Tel Aviv Grand Slam with the sweetest judo ever, with Raz Hershko's gold medal in the weight category over 78 kg.
In doing so, Israel finished in third place overall in the medal table, with 2 gold medals (Hershko and Saghi Muki), silver (Tamar Malka), bronze (Tamana Nelson Levy) and six other athletes who ranked fifth.
"A gold medal is crazy.
I'm happy in my heart, I'm very happy," said Hershko at the end. "It's amazing to finish on top of the podium and play the national anthem in front of the audience in Israel.
I train as hard as possible to get to these places.
The Olympic Games are still far away, I have other goals and objectives that I want to achieve, but in the end the gold medal in the Olympic Games is my biggest goal.
With the help of Shani and the team that believed in me, even when everything didn't go my way, I continued to train and it worked."
Her coach Shani Hershko said: "Rez had a crazy day, she defeated her opponent in the competition and won in the final against a very strong opponent. The final is a key fight because we may encounter Turkey, who is originally French, even in the most important moments. In my eyes, she fought against her in the final. She A candidate for a medal in every competition, she has high chances of getting a medal in every competition, so I think she is naturally also a candidate for an Olympic medal of course. What is certain is that her great achievements are still on the way."
Yuli Michiner, who was perhaps the surprise of the tournament after finishing in fifth place at the age of 17, concluded: "What is it like to be here at the age of 17?
it's fun.
I ignored the fact that they were all older than me and just came to do my best.
I'm happy for what I did."
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