Anastasia Gorbenko won the silver medal at the World Swimming Championships. She was booed in the stands on the grounds of her being Israeli before, during and after she recorded the rare achievement.
A Palestinian swimmer protested the whistles at the ceremony. The Italian Sara Franceschi, who won the bronze, recognized the distress and hugged her. The world media does not let up on the drama and continues to report the story. More in Walla! The intriguing process of recycling metal packaging.