REPORT: Cuban Olympic Judoka Dies at 34 After Breast Enhancement Surgery
A former Olympic judoka named Maricet Espinosa has died at the age of 34, according to reports.
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Israeli Judoka Wins Bronze After Iranian Gains Weight to Disqualify Himself
After being gifted a place into the last 16 by the withdrawal of an Iranian opponent, Israeli judoka Tohar Butbul went on to win a bronze medal at the Dusseldorf Grand Slam in Germany on Saturday.
Egyptian Media: Our Judoka’s Refusal To Shake Israeli’s Hand Made Us Look Extremist
TEL AVIV – Egyptian press has come out against the handshake snub by their country’s judoka, saying the Olympic athlete’s refusal to shake his Israeli opponent’s hand shows Egypt to be a “diseased culture” and only served the “Zionists” who leveraged the incident to portray Egyptians as “extremists and uncultured.”
Watch: Netanyahu Meets Israel’s Olympic Judokas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Wednesday with Israel’s newly returned judo delegation to the Olympic Games in Rio, telling bronze medal winners Or Sasson and Yarden Gerbi that they are inspiration to the whole country.
Egypt Denies Olympian Islam El Shehaby Was Sent Home After Refusing To Shake Israeli Opponent’s Hand
TEL AVIV – Egypt’s Judo Federation denied on Tuesday that Olympic athlete Islam El Shehaby had been sent home for refusing to shake the hand of his Israeli opponent after being defeated.
Netanyahu Praises Bronze Medal Judoka For Showing ‘Beautiful, Strong’ Israel After Egyptian Opponent’s Snub
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israeli judoka Or Sasson on Saturday he is “the true face of Israel” after the athlete won an Olympic bronze medal in Rio on the day before.
Israeli Bill Would Pay Olympic Medalists to Teach Sports Education
Israeli Olympic judoka Yarden Gerbi could get a monthly bonus for her bronze medal win if a bill proposed by MK Oded Forrer (Yisrael Beytenu) on Wednesday becomes law.
