Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon wins gold, sets new world record in Tokyo

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The Israeli Paralympic swimming team is making history in the pool.

Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon won his second medal at the Tokyo Paralympics on Monday in the 200m men’s freestyle race, setting a new world record for the event. Dadaon stopped the clock at 2:44.84 minutes, improving his personal record by six seconds.

Dadaon previously won the silver medal in the men’s 150m medley with a time of 2:29.48 minutes.

Swimmer Mark Malyar has gathered impressive accomplishments as well. Malyar won his second gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Sunday, also setting a new world record in the men’s 400-meter freestyle event. He finished the race first with a time of 4:31.06 minutes, about 2 seconds quicker than the past world record, which he set himself two years ago. He also won two more bronze medals.

That same day, rower Moran Samuel won a silver medal in the women’s 2,000-meter single sculls.

39-year-old Samuel, who snagged a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Games, finished second with a time of 11:18.39 minutes, coming after world champion Birgit Skarstein of Norway. France’s Nathalie Benoit finished third.

Earlier in the games Iyad Shalabi won gold in the 100-meter backstroke (S1 classification), finishing with a final time of 2:28.04. Shalabi’s gold marked the first time an Arab athlete won a medal for Israel at the games.

Dadaon’s latest medal brings Israels total to seven medals so far, four of which are gold. Six out of the seven medals were won in swimming events.