Swimming duo miss out in butterfly event

Israelis fail to qualify for semi-finals of 50m event.

By Andrew Sherwood
  • Andrew Sherwood is the Jewish News Sport and Community Editor
12 August 2016, 6:59 pm
Zohar Shikler failed to reach the semi-finals of the 50m butterfly 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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