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Thursday, August 1, 2024
Israeli judoka Peter Paltchik wins bronze medal in men’s under-100kg weight class at Paris Olympics
Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel
Israeli judoka Peter Paltchik wins the bronze medal after defeating Switzerland’s Daniel Eich in the men’s under-100kg weight class at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
This is Israel’s first medal of the Paris Games, and its 14th ever, with the 15th already guaranteed by fellow judoka Inbal Lanir, who will compete for the silver or gold in the women’s final in the coming hour.
Earlier, Paltchik, 32, defeated Mongolia’s Batkhuyagiin Gonchigsüren in his initial match, and then won against France’s Aurélien Diesse in the round of 16 before losing to Azerbaijan’s Zelym Kotsoiev — who is ranked first in the world — in the quarterfinal, sending him to the repechage round where he beat the Netherlands’ Michael Korrel.
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