Israel received the first Olympic medal for 8 years

Israeli judoist Yarden Jerby won Israel’s first Olympic medal in the last 8 years.
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Israeli judoist Yarden Jerby won Israel’s first Olympic medal in the last 8 years.

She became the third in judo competitions in weight to 63 kg, reports ILand.tv.

Israeli judo wrestler won the third place in a Japanese athlete.

The Israeli Prime Minister has already congratulated Djerbi by phone, calling her “the pride of the country.” In turn, Yarden thanked the prime minister and the entire country for their support and congratulations.

Yarden Jerby was born in 1989, in Kfar Saba, but soon after birth the family moved to Netanya. I started judo in 6 years. Her achievements include winning the 2013 World Cup of the Year, second place at the 2014 World Cup of the Year.

In addition, the Kazakh athlete for the first time in the history of the country became the Olympic champion in swimming.

Swimmer Dmitry Balandin became Olympic swimming champion, writes Vesti.kz.

For the 21-year-old Almaty resident, this is the first Olympics in his career.

With the result of 2: 07.46 minutes Balandin sensationally won the swim on 200 meters breaststroke and became the first Olympic champion in swimming in the history of independent Kazakhstan.

American Josh Prenot finished second after Balandin - 2.07.53:2. The bronze medal went to Russian Anton Chupkov, who showed a result of 07.70:XNUMX minutes.

As of August 10, Kazakhstan has a total of 7 awards earned at the Rio Olympics.

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