The Israeli swimming team finished this morning (Tuesday) in Abu Dhabi the best world championship in its history, with an Israeli record for the quartet quartet in the 4×100 mixed.
The quartet, which included Yaakov Tomarkin, Chris Pitchogin, Eitan Ben Sheetrit and Dennis Loktev, set a time of 3: 30.75 minutes, an improvement of almost two seconds to a record of Jonathan Kopalev, Gal Nevo, Alon Mendel and Guy Barnea, who stood at 3: 32.43 minutes . Israel finished the qualifiers in 11th place overall.
Earlier, Yaakov Tomarkin finished in 13th place in the 200 backstroke with 1: 52.66 minutes, 31 hundredths away from qualifying for another final in the competition. New world champion Anastasia Gurbanko surpassed her successful competition with 17th place in the 200 breaststroke with 2: 23.44 minutes.
Israel concludes a very successful championship in Abu Dhabi, with two gold medals by Anastasia Gurbanko in the 50 breaststroke and 100 individual medley, and 4 finals, with Gurbanko joining Yaakov Tomarkin and Eitan Ben Sheetrit. The Israelis also qualified for four more semifinals, breaking four Israeli records and one youth record.
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