Tag: Moshe Ponte

"I think it is the same feeling; it is still bittersweet," Flicker tells CNN Sport, having sung Hatikvah in quiet defiance when tournament organizers refused to play his country's traditional national anthem. What can the sport teach people about life? Before you start the fight, you give a bow to show respect to the opponent. Something not many people know about me is... Judo is important to me because... Hopes for the future? "Israel has a successful history of staging important European events," said Soloveychik. Flicker predicted the Tel Aviv tournament would run smoothly, calling it a "70th birthday gift" for his country. I hope we will have more. "The right people managing the sport. "Oren Smadja was the first [Israeli] man to win an Olympic medal for judo (bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Games) and he's now the national coach. "Before you start the fight, you give a bow to show respect to the opponent.