A huge day and a wonderful and most impressive achievement for Enbal Shemesh, 25 years old, an athlete of the Israeli women's judo team who won the gold medal today (Saturday, 5.11.2022) at noon in the weight category up to 63 kg, and this in the world round of judo competitions that continued today On the second day of the Grand Slam competition held in the city of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. At the end of the competition, the sun rises to the medal stand, crying with joy as the national anthem "Hatikva" is played in the background in the hall in Baku.
In the final battle, Shems prevailed in an impressive Golden Score victory over the Dutch Gik Van Daan Berg. Meanwhile, it should be noted that Inbal Shemesh is from the Maccabi Carmel Haifa Judo Association. Also during the competition, Shemesh was impressive when she also defeated her rivals from Ukraine, Mexico and Azerbaijan in the early stages, after in the semi-finals she beat the Japanese Otana Trada in a battle that entered the gold scoring and at the end, Shemesh beat the Dutch Hekka van den Berg in the battle for the gold. It should be noted that about 5 months ago Shemesh also won a gold medal in the Grand Slam held in Tbilisi, Georgia.
At the end of the competition, Shani Hershko, coach of the Israeli judo team, said: "This is an amazing achievement and a very important medal for Inbal Shemesh and the women's team. Inbal achieves a gold medal on a day of fine fighting and uncompromising fighting. I am very happy for Inbal that her hard work and commitment end in a gold medal in a prestigious Grand Slam".
Starting today, the women's judo team will head to the training camp that will be held for 3 weeks in Tokyo, Japan, and this will be as a final preparation for the prestigious Masters competition that will be held in Jerusalem towards the end of this year in December 2022.
Well done to you Inbal. Have a good week. Honor to us.