A great achievement for the duet duo Ariel Nashi and Shelly Bobritsky, who today (Saturday) finished the free exercise at the European Artistic Swimming Championships held in Rome, Italy, in sixth place, which is Israel's all-time record ranking.
For Nashi (28) and Bobritsky (21), this is the first female competition that the two compete together, when they presented an impressive exercise, which received cheers from the members of the delegation who held flags and also some relatives who came all the way to the Italian capital.
Overall, the pair scored 86.0333 points, and the girls were pleased with what they saw on the big screen and hugged each other, as they hope to continue the momentum and achieve the criterium for the Olympic Games in Paris in less than two years.
The Israeli national team, photo: Oren Aharoni
In the gold medal, the Ukrainian team won with 94.7333 points, the second place was ranked by the Austrian team with 93 points and the third place on the podium was taken by the host team Italy, with 91.7 points.
Today, Israel's team team advanced to the final of the free exercise from fifth place. The team won a score of 85.1667 points and will compete in the final that will be held on Monday at 16:00 Israel time.
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The composition of the team:
Shelli Bobritsky (A.L. Mezkeret Batia), Polina Prykazchikova (HaPoel Jerusalem), Maya Dorf (HaPoel Dolphin Netanya), Ariel Nashi (HaPoel Jerusalem), Nikol Nakhshonov (HaPoel Jerusalem), Noi Gazela (A. L.H. Mezkeret Batia) Kati Kunin (HaPoel Jerusalem) and Shani Sharaizin (L.H. Mezkeret Batia) and the replacements Neta Robichak (HaPoel Jerusalem) and Avital Podkofiev (Hapoel Jerusalem).
The team is led by coaches Anna Teres and Larissa Kunin.
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