From the Liveblog of
Friday, August 9, 2024
Israel’s Olympic rhythmic gymnastics team advances to finals after finishing 6th in qualifiers
Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel
Israel’s five-woman rhythmic gymnastics team clinches a spot in tomorrow’s group all-around final, finishing today’s qualifier in 6th overall.
The team — made up of Shani Bakanov, 18, Adar Friedmann, 18, Romi Paritzki, 20, Ofir Shaham, 19, and Diana Svertsov, 19 — receives a combined 67.150 points for its five hoops routine and its three ribbons and two balls routine, with deductions for a dropped hoop and a tangled ribbon.
In tomorrow’s final, the scores are wiped clean and the top eight teams start fresh.
Paritzki tells Israel’s Sports5 broadcaster that “we’re very excited” to advance to the final. “We’re ready for tomorrow, we’ll show up renewed, and focused, we will give it our all… tomorrow we’ll come even more ready.”
Later this afternoon, Israeli athlete Daria Atamanov will compete in the individual women’s rhythmic gymnastics all-around final.
