Israeli Gymnast Artem Dolgopyat Wins Bronze at World Championships
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat won a bronze medal in the floor exercise at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam on Saturday. He scored 14.466 points, while American Fred Richard took gold. Dolgopyat, 29, is the reigning world champion and also holds an Olympic gold medal. Another Israeli, Noam Barkovitz, finished seventh in his first senior world championship.
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- Artem Dolgopyat won bronze at the World Gymnastics Championships floor exercise final.
- Dolgopyat scored 14.466 points, with American Fred Richard taking gold.
- The 29-year-old Dolgopyat is the reigning world champion and 2021 Olympic gold medalist.
- Noam Barkovitz, 18, finished seventh in his first senior world championship final.
- Two Israeli gymnasts qualified for the floor exercise final for the first time.
Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat secured a bronze medal in the floor exercise at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Saturday. Dolgopyat, the reigning world champion from 2023, scored 14.466 points for his routine. The gold medal went to 22-year-old American Fred Richard with 14.633 points, while Britain's Jake Jarman, the 2025 world champion, also scored 14.633 and took silver.
This latest achievement adds to Dolgopyat's impressive record. The 29-year-old gymnast also won gold at the European Championships in August, having previously won that title in 2020 and 2022. He has been runner-up at the European Championships four times (2018, 2019, 2023, and 2024). Dolgopyat also holds the 2021 Olympic gold medal from Tokyo and a silver medal from the 2024 Paris Olympics. His 2023 World Championship gold in Antwerp is complemented by two silver medals from previous World Championships in Montreal (2017) and Stuttgart (2019).
Another Israeli gymnast, 18-year-old Noam Barkovitz, finished seventh in the floor exercise final with a score of 13.500. This was Barkovitz's first senior World Championships, and his qualification alongside Dolgopyat marked the first time two Israeli gymnasts reached the floor exercise final at the same event. Barkovitz had qualified with 14.033 points.
Sergei Weissburg, the coach of the Israeli national team, expressed pride in both Dolgopyat and Barkovitz. He stated, "Artem has once again proven his ability to compete at the highest levels and rise to the occasion, and Noam had a very good performance at his first senior World Championships. Both results reflect the hard work and commitment of the gymnasts, as well as the collaborative effort of the entire professional team."
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