Swimming

After a tense week in which the city's beaches were closed due to microbial contamination, the Ministry of Health announces that normal results have been received for Bat Galim beach. Now, all beaches in Haifa are open again to the general public.

Following the closure of Haifa's beaches earlier this week, the Ministry of Health and the Haifa Municipality announce that the Naot beach in Kiryat Haim has reopened for swimming following normal sampling results. The swimming ban at Bat Galim remains in effect.

Repeated water quality tests in Haifa have led to the lifting of the swimming ban at several sites, though two popular beaches remain closed due to continued pollution.

Tomer Shuster, who gave up on college for sports and overcame a serious injury before the World Championships, has become a breakout star at the European Championships. The swimmer shares how a fateful competition saved his career and how the events of October 7 shaped his path.

The performance of the Israeli swimmers at the European Championships in Paris was worrying, especially the decline in Anastasia Gorbenko's ability, but the breakthrough of Tomer Schuster is a bright spot ahead of the World Championships next year.

The 19-year-old German swimmer clocked 14:26.79 minutes and improved Bobby Finke's record by almost four seconds. This is the second world record broken at the European Swimming Championships.

The Israeli swimmer failed to repeat her impressive achievement and finished seventh, and then jumped into another semifinal within a few minutes. Tomer Schuster was ranked ninth in the 100m backstroke and missed the final by only 24 hundredths of a second.

Following his success in the 50-meter backstroke, Israeli swimmer Tomer Schuster has set a new national record in the 100-meter backstroke. Anastasia Gorbenko, Eitan Ben Shitrit, Alexey Glivinski, and Miron Cheruti have also qualified for the semifinals in Paris.

Anastasia Gorbenko took first place in the 200m individual medley, Lea Polonsky qualified in eighth place. Tom Mienis set a personal best in the 100m backstroke and also secured a spot for the evening session.

The three athletes qualified for the next stage in Paris: Gorbenko finished first overall in the 200m individual medley, Polonsky eighth, and Minis advanced from 16th place in the 100m backstroke.

Tomer Shuster secured his place among the top eight swimmers in Europe in the 50m backstroke with a personal best of 24.36 seconds. This performance marks a new Israeli record and qualifies him for the upcoming World Championships.

The swimmer set a great personal best of 24.62 seconds, touched the Israeli record, and secured a qualification for the 2027 World Championships. Loktev is the first reserve in the 200m freestyle semifinals, the relay team is the second reserve for the final.

The Israeli European champion returned to the demanding event and finished the final with a time of 4:45.07 minutes. Daria Golovaty finished 14th in the 200m freestyle semifinals, but secured a spot in the 2027 World Championships.

The Israeli swimmer finished eighth in the semifinals and, alongside Tom Minis, secured qualification for the 2027 World Championships. The relay team finished seventh in the 4x200m freestyle final, with Denis Loktev setting a new Israeli record.

An excellent start for the 4x200 meter freestyle relay team, which met expectations with a fourth-place overall finish (7:06.71 minutes). Aviv Barzelay and Tom Minis advanced to the semifinals in the women's 200m backstroke.

He trained between sirens, saw shrapnel falling in the yard of his home in Nahariya, and realized that the war was endangering his career. At 19, just before moving to college, Okan Goldin jumps into the water at his first senior European Championship – and sets his sights on Los Angeles 2028: "I have it in me."

Maggie Tabibi, a reporter for Channel 14, shared a video from the pool on social media. The footage reminded followers of her professional athletic past, which she first discussed during her time on the reality show 'Big Brother'.

Almost two decades after the family tragedy made headlines around the world, the McCann family is celebrating a moment of sporting joy. Kate and Gerry McCann, along with their daughter Amelie, sat today, Saturday, in the stands of the competitive pool in Glasgow to cheer for their 21-year-old son, Sean, who secured a spot in the 400-meter freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games.