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Friday, August 30, 2024
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Friday, August 30, 2024
Paralympics: Israeli duo Shahar Milfelder, Saleh Shahin advance to finals of mixed double sculls rowing
Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel
Israeli rowing duo Shahar Milfelder and Saleh Shahin advance to the finals of the mixed double sculls rowing after finishing second in their heat at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
The rowers will aim for the medal podium at the final scheduled for Sunday.
Shahin, 41, who is Druze, was working as a security guard for the Airports Authority at a Gaza border crossing in 2005 when several terrorists attacked the crossing, killing six people and seriously wounding Shahin in his leg. Milfelder, 26, was diagnosed with cancer as a teen and had to have a portion of her pelvis removed.
