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    Gold Medalist Para-Athlete Sang The National Anthem Because The Organizers Didn't Have It

    Absence of Israeli anthem didn't stop Moran Samuel from celebrating her victory.

    Uri Fintzy
    by Uri Fintzy

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    Israeli para-athlete Moran Samuel won an international rowing competition in Gavirate, Italy. The organizers didn't think she will win, so they didn't bother to get the Israeli national anthem, "Hatkivah."

    Samuel found out there will be no playback when she was on the podium, so she asked for the mike and started singing it herself.

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