Sasson is a significant talent, and I remember his success last year, taking silver for Judo in the 2015 inaugural European Games. I remember that Sagi Muki, also Israeli, took the Judo gold. Interestingly, those games took place in a majority-Muslim country, although it’s hardly worth comparing the experience of Israeli competitors in Azerbaijan to the blights of Rio. Last summer, 141 competitors traveled from Tel Aviv to Baku to compete in the European Games; it was the largest ever Israeli delegation to a sporting event in all of history.

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