The European Athletics Championships being held in Munich, Germany at this time reaches another peak, with the final run of the Israeli sprinter Blessing Afripa in the 200 meters heat.
18-year-old Afrifa advanced to the final stage after surviving a big drama in the semi-finals, when in his heat he was overtaken right at the finish line in a photo finish, and eventually reached the last eight with one of the two fastest results in weighing all the heats.
As you may remember, Afrifa surprised everyone two weeks ago, winning the Under-20 World Championship in Colombia, setting one of the best results for his age with 19.96 seconds.
Until the current championships, Israel obtained five medals in the European Championships in athletics.
In 2018 in Berlin Luna Chamtai Salpeter did it in the 10,000 meter run, in Amsterdam in 2016 Hana Minenko took the bronze in the triple jump, even before that in the 2014 Zurich championship Donald Sanford won the bronze medal in the 400 meter run, and the pole vaulter Alex Aberbuch, won gold medals in 2002 and 2006.
This year, already on the opening day, Israel obtained four medals.
The marathon team won the team gold medal, when Maru Tefri finished second in the individual competition and right after him Geshao Ayala took the bronze.
Luna Chemtai Salpeter also won bronze in the 10,000 meters.
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