Monday 11 AV 5776 - Aug 15, 2016 | |
Olympic Roundup -- Judo--Ori Sasson won a bronze medal, Israel's ninth ever Olympic medal, and the second of the 2016 Olympics. Five of Israel's medals have been in judo, three have been in windsurfing, and one has been in kayak. |
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Swimming-- Anthony Ervin, team USA, won the gold medal for the 50 Meter Freestyle event. |
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Women of Valor: | |
Female Jewish athletes have been winning more than their share of medals in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. | |
All of Israel is still basking in the glory of Yarden Gerbi's bronze medal victory in judo. | |
Aly Raisman, Team USA gymnastics, added a silver medal in the individual all-
around event to the team gold medal she helped earn earlier in the week. She
earned three medals--a team gold, and an individual gold and an individual bronze-- in the 2012 London Olympics. |
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Jessica Fox, Australian kayak, won a bronze medal in the K1 slalom event. She had won a silver medal in the 2012 Olympics in London |