An extraordinary achievement for Anastasia Gurbanko tonight (Sunday) in the playoffs of the International Swimming League ISL in Eindhoven.
Gorbanko became the first Israeli swimmer to ever win the prestigious Skins ointment, setting an Israeli record in the first 50 breaststroke of the ointment, 29.53 seconds, an improvement of eight hundredths to the previous record achieved about a month ago at the World Cup in Berlin (pools 25 m).
Skins is considered one of the toughest and most prestigious anointings in the league - it includes three times 50 meters of the same style, with a 3-minute break between 50 and 50, with only half of the participants advancing to the next stage (starting 8, rising 4 after the first 50, 2 To the final and 1 winner).
Gorbanko won in all three stages, when in the first one she set an Israeli record, in the second she swam 29.90 and advanced to the final against the world champion Elia Atkinson from the London Roar team, who also won the final by only three hundredths with 30.55.
In total, the 18-year-old Israeli scored no less than 35 points in this ointment alone, which actually gave the victory in the entire meeting to her team Los Angeles Carnet, her first victory of the season, and just in time.
David Marsh's team overtook the favorite London by only 11.5 points (506 vs. 494.5), was personally responsible for the turnaround and not for nothing was it at the center of the team's celebrations.
By the way, even earlier, Gorbanko finished third in the 100 individual medley with 58.34, en route to fourth place in the MVP rankings among the swimmers in the entire encounter.
