The 30-year-old Pezaro picked up her 11th career medal at the event, ending the women’s 50-meter freestyle S5 final in third place in a time of 39.31 seconds.
By ALLON SINAIMark Malyar in the pool on December 6th.(photo credit: ISRAEL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE)
Israel’s delegation to the World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City doubled its medal tally on Tuesday.Inbal Pezaro and Mark Malyar each claimed their second bronze medal of the competition, taking the blue-and-white’s haul to four medals.The 30-year-old Pezaro picked up her 11th career medal at the event, ending the women’s 50-meter freestyle S5 final in third place in a time of 39.31 seconds.Pezaro entered the championships in Mexico with nine career medals at the event, collecting three golds and six silvers since first scaling the podium in the 2001 edition of the competition.Pezaro, who is still undecided regarding her participation at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, has nine Paralympic medals on her resume, winning a bronze in Rio last summer after claiming three medals in 2012 and 2008, as well as two medals in 2004.Earlier Tuesday, the 17-year-old Mark Malyar, who is the youngest of Israel’s five representatives in the championships, took a bronze medal in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB7 final.He clocked a time of 1:31.53m.The championships were initially scheduled to take place in Mexico City in September, but were postponed due to the earthquake that resulted in the death of 370 people.
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