Double gold for Gneto sisters as French women score clean sweep on day one in Tel Aviv

The Judo World Tour is again in Tel Aviv and a capability crowd within the Shlomo enviornment noticed Worldwide Judo Federation President Marius Vizer get the competitors underway.

And there was to be a clear sweep for the French ladies’s crew - who took all three golds on day one.

Second gold in a row for Boukli

Shirine Boukli started the French gold rush with victory within the -48kg class, beating Italy’s Francesca Milani with an o-soto-gari for waza-ari.

It was her second gold in a row in Tel Aviv.

“I feel Tel Aviv loves me and I really like Tel Aviv,” she stated. “And I'm very glad to start out this 12 months with this gold medal in Tel Aviv.”

Her medal was given out by Sylvan Adams, co-host of the Tel Aviv Judo Grand Slam 2022.

Astride Gneto received France’s second gold, dominating her -52kg closing towards Ryoko Takeda from Japan. A superbly executed mixture of ko-uchi to o-uchi-gari concluded the competition, leaving Takeda on her again and Gneto with an ippon.

Yavuz Yükselir, the proprietor of the Yavuz-Yükselir Group introduced the medals.

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I feel Tel Aviv loves me and I really like Tel Aviv

Shirine Boukli

-48kg gold, France

And older sister Priscilla Gneto accomplished the French hat-trick with victory within the -57kg class.

The ultimate was a tactical contest, which Georgia’s Eteri Liparteliani misplaced after committing three Shido technical faults.

Yoel Razvozov, Minister of Tourism of the State of Israel, gave out the medals.

Shmailov secures first gold for house crew

Within the males’s contest, Artem Lesiuk from Ukraine took gold within the -60kg class, defeating Bauyrzhan Narbayev from Kazakhstan within the closing.

It was a strong double assault that gave Lesiuk his long-awaited first-ever Grand Slam gold medal. A primary soto-makikomi failed to attain as a result of the touchdown angle was lower than 90° - however an ideal follow-through secured the victory.

Sergey Soloveychik, Vice President of the Worldwide Judo Federation and President of the European Judo Union gave out the medals.

And Israel’s Baruch Shmailov received the most important cheer of the day together with his victory within the -66kg class towards Yashar Najafov from Azerbaijan.

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All the necessary people who I needed to do that for, they have been right here to witness this unimaginable day and I am actually glad for it.

Baruch Shmailov

-66kg gold medal winner, Israel

The profitable transfer didn’t come till the start of the golden rating, when Shmailov was unsuccessful with a ko-soto-gari however adopted by means of with a turnover for ippon

Hili Tropper, Minister of Tradition and Sports activities of the State of Israel gave out the medals.

“Properly I am feeling nice,” stated Shmailov. “Particularly as a result of it occurred in Tel Aviv with the house crowd and my household watching. All the necessary people who I needed to do that for, they have been right here to witness this unimaginable day and I am actually glad for it.”

The Israeli crew was on fireplace all day, exhibiting the world that judo is certainly the nation's strongest sport. And the emphatic crowd watched on with enthusiasm, buzzing with anticipation for the subsequent two days in Tel Aviv.