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Team USA Looks Good On First Day of 18th Israel Maccabiah Games
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Joel Leyden Jerusalem, Israel ---- July 13, 2009 ...... On the first day of competition in the 18th Maccabiah Jewish sports Olympics in Israel, the US dominated the competition in baseball, softball, basketball, rugby and rowing. The nine USA Teams competed in six sports and set the tone for representing a fierce competitor over the next 10 days. Yesterday’s events precede the highly anticipated 18th Maccabiah Opening Ceremony, to take place this evening at the National Stadium in Ramat Gan, Israel, where Jason Lezak, Open Men’s Swimming, will light the torch. The Junior Boys’ Baseball Team showed its strength in their first competition with a 30-5 win over Mexico. Open Men’s Softball beat Venezuela 18-3. The Juniors Boys’ Basketball Team dominated Germany, 96-18 and the Youth Boys’ Basketball Team did the same with Italy, 95-35. USA Men’s Rugby beat Canada 34-13. Results for Men’s Rowing include: Ryan Strauss was first in Single Sculls with 07:00.33 and Gregory Kaplan and Peter Morelli took first place in Double Sculls with 06:41.31. Results for Women’s Rowing include two first place finishes with a Double Scull finish from Elizabeth Barnett, 07:40.75 with Caroline Post and Pairs without Oars – Anna Kamerow, 08.06.12 with Caroline Post. Women’s Open Soccer beat Brazil, 8-0Juniors Boys’ Soccer tied Canada, 0-0 and Youth Men’s Soccer tied Great Britain, 1-1. Masters Men’s Soccer, 45+ lost to Israel 1-3. In addition
to the competition of the Maccabiah, members of the US team are
participating in one of Maccabi USA / Sports for Israel’s
signature Tzedakah program, Lev L’Lev. All US Jewish athletes
and many supporters have brought gifts to give children in local
Israel hospitals, rehabilitation centers. Maccabi USA
/ Sports for Israel (MUSA) has an extensive history of enriching
Jewish lives through athletic, cultural and educational programs.
The organization is the official sponsor of the United States
Team to the World Maccabiah Games, the Pan American Maccabi Games
and the Maccabi competitions in Europe and Australia, as well
as a co-founder of the JCC Maccabi Games for teens in North America.
As the official Maccabi representative in the U.S., Maccabi USA
supports Jewish athletic endeavors, enhanced by cultural and educational
activities in the United States, Israel and throughout the Diaspora. The World Maccabiah Games are a quadrennial event that takes place in Israel. The 18th World Maccabiah Games, scheduled for July 12 – 23, 2009 are the world’s third largest international athletic competition. Over 7,000 of the world’s best Jewish athletes from six continents and over 60 countries will compete at the Games. This year’s 18th Maccabiah kicks off with an opening ceremony at the Ramat Gan Stadium tonight, July 13. Three time Gold medal Olympian swimmer Jason Lezak of the US team, will light the flame. As the world’s
third largest sports event after the Olympics, the 18th Maccabiah
Games in Israel plays host to 3,000 junior Maccabiah athletes,
aged 15 -18; 5,000 open athletes, 2,000 masters and Paralympics. Sports for which competitors will be going for Gold include: artistic gymnastics, badminton, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, bridge, cricket, chess, fencing, golf, gymnastics, handball, half-marathon, field hockey, judo, karate, netball, lawn bowls, rowing, rugby, squash, soccer, softball, swimming, table-tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, track and field, ten-pin bowling, volleyball, water polo, wrestling and windsurfing. The 18th Maccabiah Games will be utilizing powerful Web 2.0 new media social networking to connect in real time with millions in Israel and worldwide. There are Twitter news channels: israelmaccabiah and maccabiah and two official Facebook groups. In addition to Maccabiah.com, a new state of the art Web 2.0 Maccabiah Web site has been launched.
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