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Judoka Or Sasson wins Bronze for Israel at 2016 Rio Olympics

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Itongadol.-Israel\’s Ori Sasson won the bronze medal Friday evening after defeating (add name here) in the men\’s judo over-100 kilogram competition.

The win brings the Israeli delegation a second medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Sasson had been defeated earlier by seven-time world champion Teddy Reiner of France, who had lost only twice in the last five years.

Sasson\’s day began with controversy, with Egyptian opponent Islam El Shehaby refusing to shake his hand after being defeated with an ippon, judo\’s version of a knockout, 1:36 minutes to the end of the first round bout.

Sasson then beat Poland\’s Maciej Sarnacki with ease, setting up a quarterfinal match-up with world No. 3 Roy Meyer of the Netherlands.

The Israeli trailed after being penalized by the referee, but he moved ahead with an impressive waza-ari with 1:01 minutes to go.

Sasson entered the day with high expectations. Israel\’s first three participants in the judo events all lost in their opening bouts.

However, the atmosphere in the delegation changed completely when Sagi Muki came within one win of taking a medal in the men\’s under-73 kilogram contest on Monday. Yarden Gerbi then became the toast of Israel by claiming the country\’s first Olympic medal in eight years when she took a bronze in the women\’s under-63kg competition on Tuesday. With Linda Bolder also ending the women\’s under-70kg event in a respectable seventh place on Wednesday, Sasson came into the competition with plenty of momentum.

Sasson claimed silver medals at the past two European Championships and took a silver in his final event before Rio at the World Masters in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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