Israelis were busy in Rhythmic Gymnastics and in the Seine River as the Games began to wind down in Paris. <\/p>\n
Daria Atamanov took to the mat for the Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual All-Around Qualification and finished the Hoop routine with a score of 35.200 that placed her in 5th spot after the first rotation. Next up was Ball with a score of 31.800 for 9th place and then in Clubs she put in a 33.850 score which was good for 7th. In Atamanov\u2019s final rotation, Ribbon, she put in a terrific score of 33.000 and finished the competition with a total of 133.850 good for 5th place overall and while it was not good enough for a place on the podium, it\u2019s clear that the 18-year old will be a threat at the Los Angeles Olympics slated for 2028. <\/p>\n
Also on Friday, the Rhythmic Gymnastics Team looked to qualify for the Group All-Around Final which will take place on Saturday. The squad of Ofir Shaham, Diana Svertsov, Adar Friedmann, Romi Paritzki and Shai Bakanov placed 7th in 5 Hoops with a score of 35.250 as well as a score of 31.900 good for 5th place in 3 Ribbons and 2 Balls for 6th spot overall which allowed the group to advance to Saturday\u2019s final. <\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, Matan Roditi finished 16th in the 10km Men\u2019s Marathon Swimming with a time of 1:57:02 which was an event that he had finished 4th back at the Tokyo Olympics. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis ended pretty quickly when I realized that I had to try to fight the situation I was in,\u201d Roditi said following the race. \u201cI stayed strong and tried to finish as strong as possible. In fact, I did expect such a challenge, I knew that there are different rules here, swimming with the current or against the current which is something that changes the game. I knew that almost everything was going to be determined in the first 600 meters and the beginning of the race which is not where my strengths lie.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel that I prepared for this for three years,\u201d Roditi continued. “In terms of a 10 km open water swim my abilities were there, also in terms of strength and I had it but it ended quite quickly in the first 600 meters. I knew I had to give all my strength there, it wasn’t enough. From there, competing for the top-6 or top-8 were pretty much over for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later on Friday night as well as on Saturday, the Artistic Swimming duo of Shelly Bobritsky and Ariel Nassee will be in action in the pool as they will compete in the Duet Technical Routine as well as the Duet Free Routine. In Cycling – Track, Mikhail Yakovlev will once again be in competition, this time in Men\u2019s Keirin as he will look to build off of his fine showing in Sprint earlier in the week.<\/p>\n
Also on Saturday the Men\u2019s Marathon runners will be on the streets of Paris as Maru Teferi, Girmaw Amare and Gashau Ayale will look to make blue-and-white history while the Women\u2019s Marathon will take place on Sunday, the final day of the Games as Lonah Chemtai Salpeter and Maor Tayouri will both be running for Israel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Israelis were busy in Rhythmic Gymnastics and in the Seine River as the Games began to wind down in Paris. Daria Atamanov took to the mat for the Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual All-Around Qualification and finished the Hoop routine with a score of 35.200 that placed her in 5th spot after the first rotation. Next up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":116881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4074],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-116892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jews-in-sports","tag-israel","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n