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On the second day of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, witness a vital judo peace event.
Twenty-one young Jewish and Muslim judo athletes from Israel, aged 12 to 17, traveled to Abu Dhabi to demonstrate friendship and tolerance. An initiative aimed at continuing the relationship between the United Arab Emirates and Israel and demonstrating the values ​​of Judo.
British Lucy Renshall, who weighs -63kg, scored in each of her bouts throughout the day with a beautiful judo in her preliminaries and made it to the final.
In the final, Renschel won her second gold medal at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam with a huge hip throw against Barbara Timo of Portugal! Won her fifth Grand Slam gold medal. Impressive judo performance.
HE Suhail Alareefi, Executive Director of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council Events Department presented the medal.
“_I love it here, I got my first medal in the junior world here, I got a bronze at this venue and then two Grand Slam medals before this venue, so yeah, here Something good has happened._” Lucy Renschel said excitedly.
In the stylish Swiss judo in the -73kg class, Nils Stupp showed off his quality judo all day long. Using the same technique, sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi throws all his opponents.
In the final, Stump faced Italy’s Giovanni Esposito and won gold for Switzerland in stunning fashion. It was also his first gold medal on the World Judo Tour! A big day for him.
The -73kg medal was awarded by Mr. Oybek Kasimov, Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan.
Greece’s Elisavet Teltsidou had a fantastic morning in the -70kg category, her tactical victory over Belgium’s Gabriella Willems in the final.
– Medal in the 70kg category by professional tennis player Ms Solana Silstia
France’s Nicolas Chillard beat Spain’s Jose Maria Mendiola Izquita by -81kg, deftly strangling an impressive submission.
– The 81kg medal was presented by Mr. Vladimir Balta, Chief Sporting Director of IJF
An amazing o-soto-gari from the UAE homegrown hero, Nugzar Tatalashvili is the big moment of our day, making the stadium crazy! The incredible technique caught the eye of both spectators and young judo players.
After another incredible day, Judo has a bright future in Abu Dhabi!
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