The Israeli Athletics Championships continued tonight (Monday) at the renewed Athletics Stadium in Givat Ram in Jerusalem.
The star of the evening was Blessing Afrippa, who completed the double for the third year in a row with a victory in the 200 meters as well, while breaking the Israeli record.
The 18-year-old Afrippa set a result of 20.70 seconds, thus breaking one director's previous record, which was achieved at the beginning of the month as part of the Cadet and Youth League in Hadar Yosef in Tel Aviv.
Afrifa.
A happy ending to a complex story, Photo: Oren Aharoni
The sprinter was born in Israel to parents who came from Ghana, when his father came to Israel about 32 years ago as an employee of the Ghanaian consulate.
In 2010, together with his family, he was granted permanent resident status, following the government's decision not to deport the children of foreign workers who were born in Israel and meet certain criteria.
In early July 2020, the circle and the struggle of Afrifa closed, bore fruit.
After struggles with state bureaucracies, high-level recommendations, and finally the final stamp with the approval of Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, the young athlete was given the coveted message and began to represent Israel.
In the women's 200m final, Eden Finkelstein won with 24.08 seconds.
Finkelstein.
Israeli champion in the 200 meters, Photo: Oren Aharoni
Pole Vault
In the men's pole vault, Lev Skorish won with 5 meters, beating the outgoing champion Itamar Bastker, who this time finished only in third place with 4.90 meters.
Double to Noam Maman
Noam Maman also provided an impressive performance after on the opening day he won the 400-meter run and completed a double when he also took the 800-meter run, with a great finish right in the last meters when he crossed the finish line in a time of 1: 54.63 minutes.
Memo, only 16 years old, is the athlete that everyone expects to be able to get on the podium at the European Under-18 Championships to be held at the next seven at the same stadium.
Maman.
Double, Photo: Oren Aharoni
Yishai Ipraimov is the national champion in the long jump
One of the pleasant surprises of the championship came from the jumping pit - when Yishai Ipraimov became the new Israeli champion in the long jump, after breaking his personal record twice and setting a 7.76 meter.
Outgoing champion Aviram Schwarzbard finished second with 7.41 meters.
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