Contenders: Israeli Athletes With A Shot At Olympic Medals
Contenders: Israeli Athletes With A Shot At Olympic Medals
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Israel is sending its largest Olympic delegation of 89 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics set for July 23 to August 8. It’s also sending 32 athletes to Tokyo for the Paralympics from August 24 to September 5.
Do any of these contestants have a good chance of bringing home a medal?
Israel has won nine medals in 16 Summer Olympic Games: five bronze and one silver in judo, a bronze in canoeing, and a bronze and a gold in sailing.
Which Israeli athletes have a shot at the Olympic podium?
Which Israeli athletes have a shot at the Olympic podium?
ISRAEL21c looks at the Olympic and Paralympic athletes expected to have the best chance of winning a medal in Tokyo.
July 18, 2021, 10:00 am
Paralympic rower Moran Samuel and Olympic rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram, two of Israel’s leading medal contenders for the Tokyo Games, with Minister of Culture and Sports Hili Tropper and former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the President s Residence in Jerusalem on June 23, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90
Israel is sending its largest-ever Olympic delegation of 89 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics set for July 23 to August 8. And we’re sending 32 athletes to Tokyo for the Paralympics from August 24 to September 5.