A great achievement for the Israeli team in artistic gymnastics, which won a silver medal this evening (Friday) at the World Championships held in Sofia.
The team, consisting of Ofir Shaham, Amit Hadvat, Hadar Friedman, Diana Svartsov, Shani Bekanov and Romi Pritsky, went up to the hoops exercise for the first time and received an excellent score of 33.850. After that, in the combined exercise of ribbons and balls, Israel received a score of 30.800. In total, she won a total score of 64.650 in a great battle, thus slightly ahead of Spain who settled for the silver medal (63.200). Bulgaria won gold with 66.600.
The meaning of the great achievement is that Israel tonight secured the ticket to the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, like each of the first three. It should be noted that Russia, the strongest team in the world, did not participate in the World Championship this time, nor did Belarus. On Sunday, the Israeli national team will compete in the individual finals of the various exercises.