When Lihie Raz qualified to the Tokyo Olympics at the 2019 World Championships, it was a surprise for many, including herself, as she told HaAretz: “Of course it was the goal but it was a bit of a surprise because I didn’t...
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Artem Dolgopyat has been known for his floor work for a while now. He started his senior career in 2015 but his first big success came in 2017, when he won silver on floor at the Montreal World Championships. In 2018, he won...
As most gymnasts around the world, Israeli gymnasts are currently quarantined at home and trying to stay in shape with home workout. Alexander Shatilov frequently posts those workout on Instagram, with his son as a training...
Andrey Medvedev, the silver medalist on vault at this year’s European Championships, had bing plans for the Worlds. He upgraded his vault for Euros and planned to upgrade his second vault and have two vaults with 6.0...
Israeli women’s gymnastics has had some bad luck in the past month. First, Ofir Netzer, who placed 4th at the vault final at the European Games and was very likely to qualify to the Tokyo Olympics, tore her ACL at the...
The Open Israeli Championships continued on Saturday with the men’s competition. In addition to World and European medalists from Israel, Alexander Shatilov, Artem Dolgopyat and Andrey Medvedev, several foreign gymnasts...
The Open Israeli Championships will take place this weekend in Tel Aviv and, in addition to the local gymnasts, will feature a number of international guests. In the men’s competition, the field will be especially...
Israel’s Ofir Netzer experienced many setbacks in her career. In 2013, she was on the rise, placing 4th in the vault final at the European Championships but had to miss the whole 2014 season because of an injury. She...
Neither of the Israeli floor stars had a great showing on floor today. Artem Dolgopyat is just coming off a heel injury and was not able to prepare well. Shatilov was prepared better but still did not have a great routine on...
The second year in a row, Artem Dolgopyat won silver in the floor final at the European Championships. Last year, he came to the competition soon after an injury and was not sure if he would compete at all. This year, he is...