Asi Maman 19/02/2021 11:50
Sagi Muki (Photo: Oded Karni. Courtesy of the Judo Association)
We got a big surprise this morning (Friday) on the second day of the Grand Slam in Tel Aviv, when world champion Guy Muki was eliminated early on after receiving an iPhone from a Belgian opponent. Muki referred to the dismissal, which prevented him from meeting Iranian Said Moulay in a battle for a medal.
“Losses are part of this way,” he said Muki. “My most important goal is the Olympics. Sucks that it happened here in the country because I wanted to succeed here. It is very difficult to analyze this battle in a moment, I will return tomorrow-the day after tomorrow and understand what needs to be strengthened. I’m getting ready for the Olympics. Sammy and I are good friends, visited family and ate with us, we are good friends but on the mat everyone wants to win. I was not at my best. ”
He added: “I arrived less, these are things that happen. I competed twice in Israel, in 2018 at the European Championships and in 2019 at the Grand Prix and I won gold and it was exciting. Unfortunately this time it did not happen but it is part of the way. I’m twice European champion, world champion, if I needed a slap to get better at the Tokyo Carrath then that’s part of the way. The main thing is the Olympics. It sucks no doubt, but we will raise our heads and move forward. There are lots of background noises from many directions. Part of an athlete’s job is to neutralize the noises and move forward. Sometimes it goes less, but as long as you learn from the mistakes and do not repeat them. The avoidance of the meeting with Said Mulai: “I really wanted to compete against him, but that’s fate. Maybe one day it will happen. “
Oren Samadja He said: “In a competition, as in any competition, one comes more determined, one comes not at his best, one wins and one loses and that is the result. Is it because of the festival around Moulay? “A world can lose and such things are taken into account. We do not want it to happen again, it is a journey that shakes right and left, we will take what was here today and we will move forward.”
Moshe Ponti Responded to the relegation: “Oren Samadja also lost a month before the Olympics in Barcelona in an iPhone against an opponent who competed with him for the medal at the Olympics and in the end Oren won it. We’ll do anything to get Sagi ready for Tokyo, that’s the goal. One has to analyze everything that happened here, it’s not just the loss. There are hidden things beyond this battle, things only I understand and know. “
