Shalabi, who last week made history when he became the first Arab Israeli to medal for the Jewish state, snags top spot in the men's 50-meter backstroke event. Dadaon brings gold in freestyle swim. Israel's tally of Paralympic medals rises to nine.
Omer Dadaon breaks the world record as he goes for gold in the men's 200m individual medley. Two-time gold medal winner Mark Malyar snags his third medal, winning the bronze in the men's 100m backstroke event and bringing Israel's medal tally at the Tokyo Games to seven.
The 21-year-old swimmer, born with cerebral palsy won a gold medal in the men's 200-meter individual medley on Friday.
Rower Moran Samuel takes the silver medal 2,000-meter single sculls, swimmer Ami Omer Dadaon wins silver in the men’s 150-meter individual medley.
Racing for the medal, Malyar also shatters a world record. The 21-year-old is the second gold medalist for Israel in the Tokyo pool in two days.
Iyad Shalabi swims the 100-meter backstroke in 2:28.04.
Team will compete in nine sports in the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5. "Our athletes are heroes," says president of the Israel Paralympic Committee.
If the coronavirus is tamed by then, the Paris Games could quickly become the party games. Already, there is palpable pent-up eagerness among athletes to make up for Tokyo and its disappointments.
"We are not guilty of anything – this is a matter of the judges. I feel sorry for Linoy – she did nothing wrong. Don't harass her," Olympian Dina Averina says of controversy over the scoring in Tokyo
France will host next games, a century after its Olympics arrived in country. The International Olympic Committee gives itself more power to remove a sport from the Olympic program.