{"id":14419,"date":"2019-06-24T18:09:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T18:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsrabbi.agpwebdesign.com\/?p=14419"},"modified":"2019-06-24T18:09:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T18:09:52","slug":"rikhters-gold-thomas-stays-at-jerusalem-avdija-news-more-israel-sports-rabbi-rundown-june-24-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/rikhters-gold-thomas-stays-at-jerusalem-avdija-news-more-israel-sports-rabbi-rundown-june-24-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Rikhter\u2019s Gold, Thomas stays at Jerusalem, Avdija News &#038; More! Israel Sports Rabbi Rundown June 24, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>European Games Update!<\/strong> After Linoy Ashram arrived back in Israel with her haul of four medals, two gold and two silver, <strong>Sergey Rikhter won the gold Medal in 10 meter air rifle shooting<\/strong> which also helped him meet the criteria for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Rikhter will become a three time blue-and-white Olympian after representing Israel in the 2012 London Games as well as the 2016 Olympics that were held in Rio de Janeiro.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_14430\" style=\"width: 756px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/26583669-73F1-47EB-B481-825E63FEE89C.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14430\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/26583669-73F1-47EB-B481-825E63FEE89C.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"746\" height=\"277\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14430\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israel Olympic Committee<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIn Judo, <strong>Li Kochman won a Silver Medal<\/strong> in the -90kg category falling to Mikail Ozerler of Turkey in the final while Tohar Butbul just missed out on a medal as he finished 4th in the -73kg class. The acrobatic gymnast team of Tzalil Hurvitz, Or Armony and Yarin Ovadia finished in 4th as well in their all-around competition as Israel continued their strong performance at the games.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_14431\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/931EB274-9F09-4782-BA2E-02CB33E2A42C.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14431\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/931EB274-9F09-4782-BA2E-02CB33E2A42C-1024x408.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"408\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14431\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dov Halickman Photography<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Tashawn Thomas will remain with Hapoel Jerusalem<\/strong> for the next two seasons as he resigned with the Reds until the end of the 2020\/21 season. The 26-year old was named the MVP of the Israel State Cup Final and averaged 12.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game in Winner Basketball League action. In the Champions League #35 scored 11.8 points, 6.5 boards and 1.7 blocks per game.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TaShawn Thomas - Hapoel Jerusalem | Season Highlights | Basketball Champions League 2018-19\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g98xajenoJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m very happy to play here for another two seasons,\u201d Thomas told the team\u2019s website. \u201cThere\u2019s a great organization here that makes you feel like you are at home, so it\u2019s just natural that I would want to stay at home. We had a nice season with some great moments with some unfinished business as well. We\u2019ll get back from the break and work hard to complete our mission,\u201d<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_14428\" style=\"width: 973px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D0506782-AA33-4ABA-8B99-F5B47D810A4C.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14428\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D0506782-AA33-4ABA-8B99-F5B47D810A4C.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"963\" height=\"457\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14428\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dov Halickman Photography<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Deni Avdija slated to go 5th in the 2020 NBA Draft<\/strong> is currently with the Under-20 Israel National Team as they prepare for the European Championship which will be held in Tel Aviv. The coach Ariel Beit Halachmi spoke about what the Maccabi Tel Aviv forward adds to the team, \u201cDeni is doing well. He understands his importance and he has really been doing fine as he becomes part of the team. It\u2019s not so easy to add a player of his stature to the National Team which had been practicing for some time, but he\u2019s mature and intelligent and we saw that he played well together with the team in the second game.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D9zwWm3XkAADZv9-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D9zwWm3XkAADZv9-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"999\" height=\"505\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14420\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Nadav Zilberstein will stay with Nes Ziona<\/strong> for another season and guide the ship after taking the team to the playoffs this past campaign as well as deep into the FIBA Europe Cup competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Games Update! After Linoy Ashram arrived back in Israel with her haul of four medals, two gold and two silver, Sergey Rikhter won the gold Medal in 10 meter air rifle shooting which also helped him meet the criteria for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. 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