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Tuesday, August 9, 2016
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Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Israeli Alice Schlesinger, competing for UK, advances in Olympic judo
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael-born Alice Schlesinger, competing for Britain in the Olympic women’s judo under-63 kilogram competition today, advances to the second round after defeating South Korea’s Ji-Yun Bak in Rio de Janeiro.
Schlesinger won the contest with an ippon — the highest score possible in judo, which ends a match.
She is scheduled to compete in the next round against Holland’s Anicka van Emden at 5:38 p.m. Israel time.
Schlesinger, who lives in Herzliya, competed for Israel until she had a fallout with the Israeli Judo Federation in 2013. A British citizen through her English mother, she joined the British Olympic team in 2014.
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