(Sports live here) - A gold medal, a world record and a ticket to Paris for Ami Dedown on the second day of the World Swimming Championships (Tuesday 1.8.23/XNUMX/XNUMX) held in Manchester, UK.
A new world record
Dedown, a trainee of Yaakov Binanson, who trains at the Ilan Haifa club, came in first place after finishing the 100 meter freestyle in a time of 1.18:94 minutes, setting a world record (which stood at 1.19.26 minutes) and getting the ticket to Paris, with the winners of the first two places in each Allotment of ticket winners for the Paralympic Games in 2024. Dedown's medal joins the bronze medal she won on Monday 31.7.23/50/XNUMX Veronika Girenko in the XNUMX meter breaststroke.
Ariel Maliar, also from Ilan Haifa, came seventh in this heat with a time of 1.37:64 minutes. Later this evening, Wednesday, August 2.8.23, 150, Veronika Girenko will compete in the 100 individual medley and Mark Maliar in the XNUMX backstroke.
The Israeli team in the World Championship
546 swimmers from 67 countries are participating in the World Championship this year. The Israeli team consists of seven swimmers: Ron Walport from the Maccabi Weisgal Rehovot club who trains with Guy Shahar, three medalists from Tokyo 2020 Mark Maliar, Ami Dedown and Iyad Shelby, who was honored to carry the flag at the opening ceremony of the championship, Ariel Maliar, Veronika Girenko and Yulia Gudichuk. They are all apprentices of the national coach Jacob Binanson.
Congratulations to the swimmers and their families and the coach for winning.
Congratulations to the families and swimmers
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for winning