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By: Abigail Klein Leichman - August 1, 2021
Israel won its second-ever Olympic gold medal today in the Tokyo Olympics, as artistic gymnast Artem Dolgopyat, 24, bested Spanish and Chinese competitors in the floor exercise competition.
This is Israel’s second Olympic gold medal in history and its first in gymnastics. Gal Fridman won a gold medal in sailboarding in the 2004 Athens Games.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett congratulated Dolgopyat. “Thank you Artem! You have made blue-and-white history! This is a source of enormous pride and great excitement for the entire people of Israel. ‘Hatikva’ has been played in the gymnastics arena in Tokyo and the flag of Israel is flying high.”
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