Israeli Teenage Gymnasts Receive Silver Medal in Worldwide Competition

Article: Israel's national gymnastics team made a historical win this past week, taking home the silver medal in the 2014 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. The event took place in Turkey and was the Israeli team's biggest win ever. The five Israeli girls, all teenagers, performed as a group in perfect synchronization. The girls are Alona Kushewtzki, Ida Meirin, Yuval Pilo, Katia Levin, Karina Lichber, Lihi Shuchtowitz. (A lot of these names sound Russian. Why might that be?) The girls didn't even make one mistake! They had been practicing for up to 10 hours a day, every day, before the competition. See the video of their performance. Congrats Israel!