Israeli Swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko Defiant in Face of Crowd Jeers at World Championships
Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko was jeered by some of the crowd after finishing second in the women’s 400-meter medley at the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Gorbenko expressed her happiness at representing her country despite the jeers, and was comforted by gold medalist Freya Colbert of Great Britain.