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Israel's artistic swimming team pose with their gold medals at the European Game, in Krakow, Poland on June 23, 2023 (Israel Swimming Federation)
June 24, 2023, 2:09 pm
’10 minutes from Auschwitz’: Israel’s artistic swimmers win gold at European Games
Victory, with Germany taking silver, even more poignant, occurring just a few dozen miles away from the Nazi death camp in Poland
By ToI Staff
Members of the 2023 Special Olympics delegation from Israel meet with Israeli Olympic Committee president and past medalist Yael Arad (center), June 8, 2023. (Ben Melnik)
June 16, 2023, 6:07 am
Israel’s 35 Special Olympics athletes are going for gold at games in Berlin
For the first time, delegation is departing with government backing after group recognized earlier this year as a sports federation; CEO: ‘We are beyond excited, beyond motivated’
By Amy Spiro
Nora Tausz Ronai poses for a photo in Rio de Janeiro, 2020. (Courtesy of Julia Ronai/via JTA)
September 18, 2022, 4:45 am
This Holocaust survivor and Brazilian swimming champion is still competing at 98
Nora Tausz Ronai started swimming competitively at age 69 and has won 13 gold medals, broken 12 world records at Masters World Championships – and just keeps swimming
By Marcus M. Gilban
Israeli gold medalist Anastasya Gorbenko poses on the podium after winning the Women's 200-meter individual medley final event on August 16, 2022 during the LEN European Aquatics Championships in Rome. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP)
August 16, 2022, 11:32 pm
Israel’s Anastasia Gorbenko wins gold medal at European Aquatics Championships
Swimmer takes top spot in women’s 200-meter individual medley, for the second year in a row
By ToI Staff
Paramedics carry the body of a 16-year-old Ukrainian refugee who drowned off the cost of Acre on June 26, 2022. (Magen David Adom)
June 27, 2022, 12:38 am
Ukrainian refugee, 16, drowns off Acre two months after landing in Israel
Paramedics pronounce teenager’s death at the scene; social workers to speak Monday to classmates, some of whom were present during the incident
By ToI Staff
University of Pennsylvania athlete Lia Thomas prepares for the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Thomas made history in the United States as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
June 20, 2022, 2:19 am
World swimming bans transgender athletes from women’s events
New ruling says those who transition after age of 12 have would have unfair advantage, proposes new ‘open competition’ category as part of ‘gender inclusion policy’
By Ciaran Fahey
A child is vaccinated against the coronavirus at an elementary school in Tzur Hadassah, on December 19, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 20, 2021, 2:03 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 20 – Weighing Israeli vax rate against Omicron wave
Health and science correspondent Nathan Jeffay discusses COVID as well as autism research, while ToI editor David Horovitz looks at Christians in Israel and ‘Hatikva’ in Abu Dhabi
By ToI Staff
Israel's Anastasia Gorbenko poses with her gold medal -- alongside France's silver medalist Brill Gastaldello (left) and Russia's Maria Kamaneva, the bronze medalist -- after winning the 100-meter individual medley on December 19, 2021, at the World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi. It was Gorbenko's second gold at the championships (Israel Swimming Association)
December 19, 2021, 6:35 pm
Israel’s Gorbenko wins astounding 2nd gold at World Swimming Championships
‘This is the best time I’ve ever done,’ says 18-year-old swimmer after taking top spot in 100-meter individual medley at Abu Dhabi, 2 days after snagging first-ever Israeli gold
By ToI Staff
Israel's Anastasia Gorbenko smiles after winning 50 meters breaststroke during World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
December 17, 2021, 7:50 pm
Anastasia Gorbenko wins Israel’s 1st-ever World Swimming Championships gold
18-year-old athlete’s 29.34-second 50-meter breaststroke time in Abu Dhabi is a new Israeli women’s short course record
By ToI Staff
Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko competes during the 200-meter individual medley semi-final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, on July 26, 2021. (Amit Shisel/Israel Olympic Committee)
November 6, 2021, 7:37 pm
Israeli swimmer Gorbenko takes gold at European Short Course Championships
Young athlete continues to impress after her Israeli record-breaking performance at the Olympics
By ToI Staff
Israeli Paralympic swimmer Iyad Shalabi receives his second gold medal in Tokyo on September 2, 2021. (Keren Isaacson/IPC)
September 2, 2021, 2:32 pm
Israeli swimmers win 2 more gold medals at Tokyo Paralympics
Israel now has nine medals in 2020 Games, including six golds, after latest achievements by Ami Dadaon and Iyad Shalabi
By ToI Staff
Israeli swimmers Ami Dadaon (L) and Mark Malyar (R) compete in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, August 30, 2021. (Keren Isaacson/IPC)
August 30, 2021, 12:58 pm
Winning streak continues: Israeli Paralympics swimmers pick up gold, bronze
Israel’s medal haul now at 7; Ami Dadaon shatters his own world record, takes top prize; Mark Malyar wins his third medal, coming third in 100m backstroke
By Amy Spiro and ToI Staff
Israeli swimmer Mark Malyar poses with his gold medal in the 400m freestyle at the Tokyo Paralympics on August 29, 2021. (Keren Isaacson/Israel Paralympic Committee)
August 29, 2021, 12:01 pm
Shattering another world record, swimmer Mark Malyar wins his second Tokyo gold
Israel’s Paralympic Games medal count stands at 5, surpassing its Rio haul with several medal opportunities still on the horizon
By Amy Spiro
Rower Moran Samuel after winning a silver medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, August 29, 2021. (Lilach Weiss/Israel Paralympic Committee)
August 29, 2021, 6:07 am
Israel snags 4th Paralympics medal as rower Moran Samuel wins silver
President Herzog hails ‘superwoman’; gold medalist swimmer Mark Malyar shatters another world record, advances to finals in 400-meter freestyle round
By ToI Staff
Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon shows off the silver medal he won at the Tokyo Paralympics on August 28, 2021. (Lilach Weiss/Israel Paralympic Committee)
August 28, 2021, 12:44 pm
Israeli swimmer Ami Omer Dadaon wins silver at Tokyo Paralympics
Dadaon finishes second in the men’s 150-meter individual medley, netting Israel its third medal in the games
By ToI Staff
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