The Tokyo Olympics head into the final weekend of action and the Israeli contingent will be on center stage in a number of disciplines which will provide for some chills and thrills as the blue-and-white athletes look to ascend the podium and add to their medal haul thus far.

Already on Thursday, Matan Roditi who was competing in the 10k Marathon Swimming event surprised many including himself with an impressive 4th place finish just 24 seconds off of the third place finisher and less than a minute from the gold medalist Florian Wellbrock.

Early Friday morning, Linoy Ashram will begin competing in the Individual All-Around qualification as she will look to become the first Israeli rhythmic gymnast to win a medal, taking to the floor ranked number one in the world. Ashram will be competing in four rotations throughout the day as she looks to book her place for Saturday’s final.

In addition to Ashram, Nikol Zelikman, a world class rhythmic gymnast in her own right will also be representing Israel and will look to surprise the competition by also snatching a medal.
 
The Rhythmic Gymnastic team will begin their competition on Saturday with the final slated for Sunday. The team of Ofir Dayan, Yana Kramarenko, Natalie Raits, Yuliana Telegina and Karin Vexman have won numerous medals at various competition including the European Championships and will look to take a place on the podium in Tokyo as well.

The Equestrian Team Jumping event will also be on tap for Friday as Ashlee Bond, Teddy Vlock, Alberto Michan and Dani G. Waldman look to build on Bond’s success in the Individual competition and compete for a medal.

Athletics will be at the forefront as well this weekend with Lonah Chemtai Salpeter and Maor Tayuri Women’s competing in the Women’s Marathon on Saturday while Selamawit Teferi will take part in the Women’s 10,000m after having had advanced to the 5,000m final earlier in the week. On Sunday, Marhu Teferi, Girmaw Amare, Haimro Alame will all run in the Men’s Marathon as they look to make some noise in the hallmark event on the last day of the Olympic Games.