When to Watch Georgia Athletes Compete on Day 5 of Olympics
Posted August 10, 2016
External Article: 11 Alive
Gal Nevo, an alumnus of the Ivan Allen College School of Economics, was featured in “When to Watch Georgia Athletes Compete on Day 5 of Olympics” for 11 Alive.
Excerpt:
NBC Noon-2 p.m.For the full article, read here.
Swimming- Qualifying heats It will be a busy day in the pool. UGA's Chantal Van Landegem will swim for Canada in the 100-meter freestyle. She already has a bronze medal after helping Team Canada in the 4x200-meter free relay. Then, Javier Acevedo will swim for Canada in the 200-meter backstroke. If they all qualify, they will swim in semifinal heats Wednesday night. UGA's Allison Schmitt and Melanie Margalis will help the U.S. try to qualify for the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Schmitt won a silver medal while helping the 4x100 relay team earlier in the games. Georgia Tech will watch Gal Nevo represent Israel in the 200-meter iindividual medley. Finally, in primetime, Georgia's Hali Flickinger will swim in the 200-meter butterfly. She finished fourth in her semifinal heat Tuesday night to qualify.