The 11 team members were greeted with great joy and excitement at Ben Gurion Airport.
After the victory against Russia last Saturday, in a mixed team, the eleventh medal in Olympic history was obtained for the Middle Eastern country. The privileged were Li Kochman, Inbar Lanir, Peter Paltchick, Raz Hershko, Sagi Muki, Timna Nelson Levy, Shira Rishony, Or Sasson, Baruch Shmailov, Tohar Butbul y Gili Sharir.
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With this award, the aforementioned nation accumulates three medals in total so far in the 2020 Olympic Games. The remaining two are the gold of the gymnast Artem Dolgopyat in her floor routine and the bronze of the takwondista up to 49 kilograms Avishag Semberg.
For his part, Hershko said: “It’s hard to accept all the love, support and encouragement. It’s crazy. It is an indescribable, supreme happiness, something we worked on for so long and achieved as one team.”.
Additionally, Smadja added: “We knew that we would return to Israel with a medal. We are happy. With soul and heart we managed to win in the end. When you come back with a medal around your neck, it’s a great success anyway. “.
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