Bronze medal for Bobritsky and president of the European Championships in artistic swimming: “Declaration of intentions for Paris”

Shelly Bobritsky and Ariel Nashi made history this evening (Wednesday) after winning Israel’s first ever bronze medal in the free duet final at the European Artistic Swimming Championships. About a month and a half before the Olympic Games, where the two will participate, they presented a great exercise that gave them the third place with 245.6105 points. The Dutch pair won the gold medal with 264.6584 points and the British with the silver medal (261.0313).

As you may remember, Bobritzky and Nasi, rose yesterday from third place in the qualifiers with 238.0645 points and this time they got a higher score. This is the first time that Israel has won a medal in the duet exercise at the European Championships, after three times Israel has won a medal in the group exercise. The coaches who accompany them are Savetta Belcher and Anna Teres.

Ariel Nashi: “We are proud to represent our country with honor. Our first medal at the European Championships, which makes it especially exciting for us.”

Shelly Bobritsky: “We are very happy that we were able to perform the level of difficulty we came with and also raise the final score from the qualifiers. This was a very important landmark for the Olympic Games. Of course, there is still much to work on and we are aiming for Paris, so we will draw the relevant conclusions from this competition and continue preparations With all the strength for the main goal.”

The pair of Shelly Bobritsky and Ariel Nashi in the finals of the European Artistic Swimming Championships (Photo: Fabio Cetti, Swimming Association)

The chairman of the union, Adi Bichman: “Shelly and Ariel proved once again that they are at the highest levels of the duet in artistic swimming. Coming in third place in Europe, a month and a half before the Olympic Games, this is already a statement of intent about their ability to make history in Paris as well and finish in the Olympic final Kudos to Sveta and Anna and to all those involved in the craft.”

The chairman of the artistic swimming branch, Noam Zvi: “Seven years of hard work and endless commitment resulted in the amazing result of a medal in duet at the European Championships. The branch of artistic swimming in Israel has stepped forward in these years in an impressive way and today’s achievement is the icing on the cake.”

Today, Matan Roditi finished in 13th place in the 10 km breaststroke at the European Open Water Championships being held in Belgrade. Roditi, who will represent Israel in this breaststroke at the Olympic Games in Paris in about a month and a half, set a time of 1:50:46.4 hours, after being in the first round Throughout almost the entire race, however, he weakened a little in the last kilometer. Two more Israelis participated in the race: Yonatan Akhdot finished in 27th place (2:01:14.0) and Ziv Cohen in 28th place (2:03:54.2).

Eva Fabian set a record achievement for Israeli female swimmers in the 10 km breaststroke at the European Championships, after finishing in 14th place overall (out of 26 participants). The 30-year-old Fabian swam excellently and smartly, was at the front most of the stroke and finished in a time of 2:01 :40.5 hours. Two other Israeli swimmers participated in the race: 18-year-old Ofek Adir finished in 23rd place (2:10:44.1) and Eden Girloenza finished tenth after her in 24th place (2:10:44.2).