Three Israeli judokas won gold medals in their respective weight classes on Saturday and Sunday at the Tashkent Grand Prix.
Or Sasson took first place in the men’s over-100 kilogram grouping, after beating Kyrgyzstan’s Iurii Krakovetskii.
Sasson won the bronze medal in the same category during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
In the men’s under-81 kilogram class, Sagi Muki won gold on Saturday after defeating Nyamsuren Dagvasuren of Mongolia.
The tournament was the first time Muki competed in the under-81 kilogram group, having previously fought in the under-73 kilogram weight class, according to Judo Inside.
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On the women’s side, Israel’s Betina Temelkova took gold in the under-52 kilogram group.
Temelkova used to compete for Bulgaria, but switched over to the Israeli national judo team earlier this year.
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Other Israeli judo medal winners included Timna Nelsov Levy and Yarden Mayersohn, who won the silver medal in the women’s under-57 kilogram category and the bronze in the women’s under-78 kilograms group, respectively.
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