Toto Winner will be among the official sponsors of the Grand Slam Judo Tournament that will take place this weekend at Heichal Shlomo in Tel Aviv.
This will be the first international sporting event hosted in Israel since the outbreak of the corona plague.
According to the organizers of the competition, all athletes who come to Israel will undergo a corona examination, will be required to remain in isolation in their hotel room, and only after approval will they be able to leave the isolation. The competition itself will be held in strict accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Health in order to maintain the health of the athletes as much as possible.
About 500 athletes from around the world, including the exiled Iranian judoka Said Moulay, are expected to take part in the competition, with 28 winners of Olympic medals, medals at world championships and European Championships.
Senior Israeli athletes in the industry are also expected to take part in the competition, including: Olympic medalist Uri Sasson, world champion Sagi Muki, European champion Peter Plachik, Geffen Primo (bronze at the European Championships), Inbar Lanir (European Under-23 champion) Timna Nelson Levy (winner The bronze medal at the European Championships), Gili Cohen (winner of the bronze medal at the European Championships), Shira Rishoni (winner of the gold medal at the Tel Aviv Grand Prix) and Baruch Shmailov (winner of the silver medal at the 2020 Masters). The competition is expected to attract a lot of interest in light of the fact that this is one of the most important and decisive competitions before the Olympic Games that are scheduled to take place this summer in Tokyo after being postponed last year due to the outbreak of the corona plague. Judo is the first Israeli sport to win Olympic medals, already in Barcelona in 1992 and since then has produced additional Olympic medals, world championships, European championships and hundreds of medals in international tournaments.
Shabtai Tzur Chairman of the Sports Betting Council (Toto): “Toto is proud to be one of the sponsors of the first international sporting event hosted in Israel since the outbreak of the Corona crisis, and is considered one of the flagship events in the judo industry, at the start of an Olympic year. We will all keep our fingers crossed that the athletes of the Israeli team will open this year on the right foot and will please the citizens of the country who are already eager to return to a normal routine that also includes the existence of sporting events at the highest level. ”
Yael Elmor-Leon, CEO of the Gambling Council: “In recent years, Toto has accompanied the international judo events that are hosted in Israel and are very successful both in sports and in the corporate field. I have no doubt that after a very challenging year in all areas of life, including sports, an exciting sports experience awaits us all this weekend. ”
Chairman of the Judo Association Moshe Ponti: Chairman of the Judo Association Moshe Ponti: “The great excitement of hosting such an international competition, especially in such a difficult time, and I am sure that the competition can bring some joy to the hearts of sports fans in Israel, is a great privilege for us. After hosting the European Championships here, and for two years the Grand Prix, we were able to upgrade and get the Grand Slam, one of the most important competitions in the world. We all need a smile on days like this and all this would not have happened without the help and push of Sports Minister Hili Trooper and his amazing team who spent days and nights to make the competition work, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, Transport Minister Miri Regev, Tel Aviv Mayor Jaffa Ron Huldai and his team Work with us hand in hand to make it all happen and of course Sylvan Adams who is a true partner of Israeli judo, the toto, MyHeritage and other partners that we all owe