Daria Golovaty finished in 14th place overall in the semi-final of the 200-meter freestyle event at the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar on Tuesday, with a time of 1:59.36 minutes. This marked the first time an Israeli has reached the semi-finals at a World Championship.
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However, an incident overshadowed 18-year-old Golovaty's achievement. As she entered the venue, two announcers declared the names of the swimmers and the countries they represented - one in Arabic and the other in English.
In the case of the Israeli swimmer, the Arabic-speaking announcer refused to announce her name and her country.
Golovaty participated in the preliminaries for the 200-meter freestyle event in the morning and set a time of 1:59.11 minutes, placing her 14th overall and securing her spot among the top 16 swimmers in the event.