The first day of the Olympics saw one Israeli athlete in action plus the opening ceremonies!
Friday July 23
7:00 Archery – Itay Shanny – Finished 60th out of 64 competitors in the individual ranking round and will face Hiroki Muto on Wednesday July 28 at 4:48
Itay Shanny – Photo Credit: Israel Olympic Committee
Israel 🇮🇱 enters the Olympic Stadium! 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/IlwJXOBgx2
— Sports Rabbi (@thesportsrabbi) July 23, 2021
For the first time the 1972 Munich massacre where 11 Israeli athletes were murdered by terrorists the International Olympic Committee recognized the tragic event at the opening ceremony. Anke Spitzer + Ilana Romano were on hand & are the widows of Andre Spitzer and Yossef Romano. pic.twitter.com/jNawAVHrFV
— Sports Rabbi (@thesportsrabbi) July 23, 2021
Here’s the schedule for Saturday July 24:
4:00 Taekwondo – Avishag Samberg – -49kg Round of 16
4:00 Artistic Gymnastics – Alex Shatilov and Artem Dolgopyat – Men’s qualification
5:00 Judo – -48kg Shira Rishony v Luz Alvarez – Round of 32
13:00 Badminton – Misha Zilberman – Men’s Group Stage
13:00 Swimming – Ron Polonsky 400m Individual Medley, Anastasia Gorbenko 100m Butterfly qualification, Denis Loktev
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