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Swimming duo miss out in butterfly event
Israelis fail to qualify for semi-finals of 50m event.
Zohar Shikler and Andrea Murez have both failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the 50m butterfly event.
Recording the 33rd and 35th best times respectively – 25.38 and 25.41, they were just over a second slower than the top-16, though fared relatively well from a field of 90 swimmers.
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