In recent years, we have become accustomed to seeing Iranian athletes avoid meeting with Israelis and usually retire before the draw or if they are on their side, those who tonight (Tuesday-Wednesday) had an unusual event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, after Israeli skier Noa Solush participated in the slalom competition, together with the Iranian Atpa Ahmadi.
The 19-year-old Solosh, a native of Hungary and the daughter of a Jewish father who trains in Austria, participated in the first round, where she achieved a result of 58.21 seconds, which earned her 45th place, out of 88 competitors, 30 of whom failed to finish the track and their American son Mikaela Shifrin , The Olympic champion who was the main candidate for gold.
Those who competed a few times later, the rival of the Israeli, the 21-year-old Iranian Ahmadi, the third ever skier of her country, also took to the track, finishing the first round in 57th place with a time of 1: 11.88 minutes.
Later in the day, Solush will also participate in the second round, with a combination of the two results, giving her the final ranking.
Solush.
Finished in 1st place in the 1st round,
Solush represented Israel at the 2020 Winter Olympics for Youth in Lausanne, where she won a silver medal in the combined profession (AC) and a bronze medal in the Super G.
Her father, Peter, represented Israel in the early 1990s and was a pioneer in the industry in Israel, when he participated in world championships, but failed to achieve impressive results.
At a young age, when he was still single, he decided to immigrate to Israel and was absorbed into Israel.
For those who do not know, the slalom track is the slowest, and also the most technical, type of track.
Competitors have to switch between pairs of flags close to each other and with a dense layout, which requires very sharp turns to move between the flags while controlling the speed that naturally increases during the allocation time.
Due to the density of the flags this is the alpine ski industry with the highest percentage of disqualifications.
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