Israel’s Matan Roditi finishes 16th in men’s 10km open-water marathon swim at Paris Olympics

Israeli swimmer Matan Roditi finishes in 16th place out of 31 swimmers in the men’s 10km open-water marathon swim at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a time of 1:57:02.3.

A few minutes after completing, Roditi, 25, tells Israel’s Sport5 broadcaster that he has a “little bit of a sour feeling” over his finish.

Roditi says “I prepared three years for this… the abilities were there, the strength, but it ended quickly in the first 600m [when I fell behind], and I knew I needed to give all my strength there and it wasn’t enough.”

The swimmer says “It’s frustrating, I felt like I was really ready, I improved a lot over the past three years, but in the end, that’s what there was.”

At the Tokyo Games, Roditi came in a surprise 4th place in the race, just missing out on the podium. In November, Roditi slipped on ice while walking and broke his ankle, requiring extensive rehabilitation.