Linoy Ashram wins gold at European championships
Gymnast Linoy Ashram, one of Israel’s top hopes for an Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games which begin next month, won gold on Sunday in the clubs discipline at the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
Ashram won with a score of 28.5 points ahead of her Russian and Belarus
rivals respectively at the championships which conclude on Sunday in Varna, Bulgaria. She also won silver medals in the ball and hoop disciplines with respective scores of 28.6 and 27.850 and she placed fourth in the ribbon category.
President Reuven Rivlin took to Twitter to congratulate Ashram.
“I’m glad I was able to do the best I can. It was hard, but every day I reset myself and say: ‘tomorrow I will come and be better’. The focus right now is on the Olympics, and we will continue to work hard,” Ashram said after winning.
Israel also won two medals in the group events; winning gold in the three hoops and two pairs of clubs ahead of Bulgaria and Italy; and a bronze in the five balls category behind Russia and Bulgaria.