As the Israeli delegation is on its way home from the World Swimming Championships held in the United Arab Emirates, the Wingate Institute in Netanya hosted the Arena Israeli short course championships on Tuesday in which swimmer Orian Gablan broke a long-standing Israeli record by finishing a 1,500-meter freestyle swim in 16:50.44 minutes.
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Gablan, 19, from Hapoel Hod Hasharon, broke a previous record set by former Olympic swimmer and now head of the Israel Swimming Association Adi Bichman in 1999 when she completed the distance in 17:10.29.
Open-water champion Eva Fabian – from Hapoel Beit Shemesh – finished second with 16:54.87, and Omer Schwartz – from Macabbi Kiryat Biyalik – came in third with 16:59.75, a new record for ages 15-16.
As for the men, Ido Gal – from Macabbi Kiryat Ono – finished first in 15:05.15, ahead of Yonatan Ahdut – from Hapoel Jerusalem Swim club – who completed the distance in 15:14.17. Yoav Romano came in third with 15:22.87.
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