Windsurfer Friedman wins Israel's first ever Olympic gold

[Gimel]

Gal Friedman was awarded a gold medal for the windsurfing event at a ceremony in Athens on Wednesday evening, Israel's first ever gold at the Olympics.

Friedman - the first Israeli to win two Olympic medals after winning the bronze in 1996 - finished the last of the 11 races in second place, but took the gold by scoring 42 points.

The silver went to Nikos Kaklamanakis of Greece, who finished with 52 points and Nick Dempsey of Britain won bronze.

After Friedman crossed the finish line, he took a victory dip and then wrapped himself in an Israeli flag when he came out of the water.

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[Soopercali]

1. Hmm. John Kerry windsurfs...

And John Kerry's Jewish, so that proves he's in cahoots with the Israelis! Case closed.

[Gimel]

2. Of course he is!

Who would have thought differently? That's why he'll be the next President! ;-)

[Jim Sagle]

6. ZOG ROOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

;-)

[MAlibdem]

3. Yeehaaawww!

Go Israel baby.

[MallRat]

4. YAY!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. on a side note

anyone know if Palestine is represented at the Olympics..or can they be?

[Jim Sagle]

7. If Clinton's peace plan had been implemented, they'd be competing today.

[leftynyc]

9. Yes, they have one or two athletes competing.

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[Radius]

10. yep

They had a delegation.

Is that your turtle or just an random pic?

[Scurrilous]

11. Palestine is represented:

http://www.ndtv.com/template/sportstemplate.asp?fromtimeline=true&id=18202&template=Olympics2004

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"A Palestinian team will compete in the Olympics this year for only the third time in history -- following appearances at Atlanta in 1996 and Sydney in 2000.

Three competitors will represent the Palestinians in Athens."

[leftynyc]

8. A hearty Mazel Tov to the Israeli's

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