Eva Fabian was not particularly disappointed with the record achievement for an Israeli at the World Championships.
She finished today (Wednesday) in 19th place in the 10-kilometer open water event in 2: 03.20.2.
She achieved her record achievement at the Olympic end of the industry as a 16-year-old girl, when she won the 2010 World Championships for 5 kilometers, when the championship was still separate from the World Swimming Championships.
When the industry entered the World Swimming Championships, Bard won 25 kilometers.
All of these in the United States national team uniform.
About five years after immigrating to Israel, this is also the record achievement for an Israeli swimmer in history and a certain consolation for a team that suffered a scorching blow: Matan Roditi, fourth at the Tokyo Olympics, arrived here in top form but grounded due to a positive corona test.
Update: Providing a healthy and complete and lively Merom-Service in a hotel room in Budapest.
And to the competition today.
Somewhere in the fifth round out of six, Fabian found herself in fifth place - first with a big stick - swimming after the top four.
Less than 7 seconds from the leaders.
In a conversation with "Israel Today", the swimmer explains the chain of events.
What happened?
"I snatched an elbow to the face from one of the rivals. I'm actually quite proud of myself that I kept my cool and managed to stick to the stick before. We will continue to work on speed so that I will now maintain top 10 finishes. It was not an easy ointment. The water was relatively warm."
What is an elbow to the face. that's acceptable?
"There are always some punches underwater. But it was over the water in front of the judges' eyes. I don't understand how they didn't react."
Who did it?
"I do not want to say. We move on."
Eva Fabian.
"Continues on", Photo: Courtesy of the Swimming Association
Europe Championship?
"It's in Italy. In salty water. I prefer the salty over the sweet - there are more vortices and currents. The more variables there are the better for us."
These things are probably true for Roditi as well.
Especially when in recent years more and more fast swimmers from the pools are also participating in the open water competitions.
Katie Grimes, who won silver in the pool in the 1,500 meters, finished fifth in the lake.
Fabian is an advertisement for the self-discipline you will find in an elite swimmer.
Her undergraduate degree in musicology is from Elite Yale University, and she is still an amateur canary.
Her master's degree in security and diplomacy studies is from Tel Aviv University.
In Israel, she initially lived for two years at the Wingate Institute and has since moved to Tel Aviv.
The college has no open water competitions and it represented Yale in the pools.
Her father, a professor of microbiology while on land, is one of the leading trainers in the United States in open-water swimming and trained her in the very cold New Hampshire lakes.
The father also coached Shahar Rassman, who was perhaps the first Israeli to break through the top-20 barrier in major competitions.
Fabian in Budapest.
Elite swimmer, Photo: Courtesy of the Swimming Association
Is it sometimes hard for one of your parents to coach you?
"Not with me. I fell in love with this industry thanks to him. Training with him has always been interesting towing competitions and obstacle competitions."
Legend has it that her father always carried a compass, a water thermometer and a folding cake so that he could train at every opportunity.
The competition site at Lupe-To certainly reflects the tension between man and nature.
In the spectacular valley of the Danube the lake is a man-made deed.
Somewhere in the 1990s contractors took too much sand - three tons - and the lake rose from the sea.
25 years later the lake is surrounded by bars, clubs, water ski centers and also beaches for those who prefer less clothing.
Budapest is joking about the amount of work the lake provides for both the steroid industry and plastic surgery.
The ending was breathtaking.
Germany's Leoni Beck struggled with Brazilian Anna Marcel Konha.
But then, after two hours and a few minutes in the water, they both lost in the photofinish to Dutch Sharon Van Reubendall who emerged from behind and crossed the finish line in a time of 2: 02.29.2 hours.
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