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Israeli musicians close 19th Maccabiah

Official closing ceremony of 'Jewish Olympics' deemed huge success among athletes, spectators alike. Israel leads final medal count, followed by US, Canada, Australia and South Africa

VIDEO - The official closing show of the 19th Maccabiah Games on Tuesday night was a huge success with athletes and spectators alike at Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium.

 

Thousands of athletes rocked to the tunes of Israeli bands and singers, including Ivri Lider, Balkan Beat Box, The Young Professionals, Orphaned Land, Offer Nissim, Riff Cohen and Infected Mushroom.

 

Video courtesy of jn1.tv

 

It was clear that for many of the overseas athletes, who came from over 70 countries, the Israeli songs were familiar, as athletes from across Europe, Canada and the United States could be seen singing along with Israel’s topnotch musicians, many of whom have achieved international success.

  

“This is awesome,” said one Dutch athlete to another when Infected Mushroom's Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani, who are based in Los Angeles, came on to perform their energetic trance-like beats to a clearly infected audience.

 

Maccabiah athletes could also be seen proudly sporting their medals as they talked and exchanged contact information with new friends during the closing show.

 

Members of Brazilian delegation (Photo: Haim Zach) (Photo: Haim Zach)
Members of Brazilian delegation (Photo: Haim Zach)

 

Athletes during closing ceremony (Photo: Haim Zach)
Athletes during closing ceremony (Photo: Haim Zach)

 

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz addresses audience (Photo: Haim Zach)
IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz addresses audience (Photo: Haim Zach)

 

Canadian athletes sport their medals (Photo: Haim Zach)
Canadian athletes sport their medals (Photo: Haim Zach)

 

We love Israel (Photo: Haim Zach)
We love Israel (Photo: Haim Zach)

 

Artistic performance (Photo: Haim Zach)
Artistic performance (Photo: Haim Zach)

 

Ivri Lider rocks Teddy Stadium (Photo: Haim Zach)
Ivri Lider rocks Teddy Stadium (Photo: Haim Zach)

 

See you in 2017! (Photo: Haim Zach)
See you in 2017! (Photo: Haim Zach)
 

Israel led the way with the final gold medal count, followed by the United States, Canada, Australia and South Africa, which were the top five countries that won medals in the major sports event that had 9,000 competitors competing from across the world this year.

 

Maccabi USA was awarded with 196 medals, which had even Matisyahu showering the team praise via Twitter, tweeting: "Wow! Macabbi USA bringing home 196 medals. Let's show them some love!"

 

Elsewhere across the world, Jewish communities in countless countries celebrated their teams, experiencing the unique opportunity that the Maccabiah Games afforded in strengthening connections within the Jewish world and Israel.

 

Reprinted with permission from the Tazpit News Agency

 

 


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