Three Israeli swimmers jumped into the pool in the semi-finals and none of them will compete in the final, including Anastasia Gorbenko, who competed in the 200m backstroke and finished last among all the semi-finalists. It was a very bad spell for Gorbenko, who competed in the heat together with the Australian world record holder, Kayleigh McEwan. Anastasia followed behind and finished with a time of 2:11.96 d. If she had equaled her record of 2:08.54 d she would have found herself in the final. As mentioned, Gorbenko finished last in the heat and last among the 16 swimmers of the half.
Ron Polonsky jumped into the 200 m individual medley with none other than the French idol, Leon Marchand, swimming in the lane next to him. Even the presence of the celebrity did not help Polonsky who finished fifth in the heat with a time of 1:58.89 d, who did not have time to reach the top eight. Marshan finished as the fastest in both heats with 1:56.31 d. In the semifinals in the 50 m freestyle, the Israeli, Maron Haruti, jumped in the same heat with the Olympic champion from Tokyo, Caleb Dressel, the American.
Haruti hit the water, but his time was three hundredths slower than the qualifying round. Haruti clocked 21:91 and finished sixth in the heat and in 13th place overall. The evening of the final swims in the pool opened with the battle in the women’s 200 m butterfly, in the center of which stood the Canadian Summer McIntosh who swam against the American Reagan Smith. McIntosh, who already won gold in Paris in the 400 individual medley, left no room for doubt not only the victory, but also an Olympic record with a time of 2:03.03 d.
China’s Yufei Zhang, who held the record and also won the javelin at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, finished third, behind Smith. In the 200m backstroke final, the Greek Apostolos Christos was already convinced that he was getting the gold. Christo led almost the entire way until at the end Hubert Kos, the Hungarian, pressed the pedal and won the Olympic title in a time of 1:54.26 d.
In the 200 m breast there was a tremendous battle between the Olympic champion from Tokyo, Tatiana Smith and the American Katie Douglas, in the end it was Douglas who won in a time of 2:19.24, not an Olympic record, but an American record. respect. The evening ended with the relay swim four times two hundreds freestyle, an exhausting and tremendous swim between the Australians and the Americans. The world champions from Australia concluded the evening with a victory and a new Olympic record 7:38.08 d.
Aviv Barzali at the Israel Championship, photo: Oren Aharoni Miron Haruti, photo: Oren Aharoni Ron Polonsky at the pool in Paris, photo: IPA
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