On Monday, Israeli sailor Shahar Tzuberi finished first in opening sailboard race at the Beijing Olympic, putting him in a position to win an Olympic medal. Tzuberi sailed board-to-board with the Chinese competitor Aichen Wang, who held the lead until the third mark. Tzuberi was then able to skirt his opponent, taking – and keeping – the lead. The Chinese took second place, with third going to the Ukraine sailor.

The 21-year-old first made his mark on the senior circuit in 2007, finishing in sixth and eighth positions in the European and World Championships respectively.

Earlier this year, Tzuberi demonstrated just why the expectations for him are so high when he claimed the bronze medal at the World Championships in New Zealand

Tzuberi's teammate, Maayan Davidovitz, ended the women's race in the 13th position. Israeli sailing team, Udi Gal and Gidi Kliger, had a disappointing start in the Men's double-handed dinghy – 470 race. The two, ranked 11th.  

Israeli fencer Delilah Hatuel was ousted for the medal race after loosing to Russia's Victoria Nishiki, 10:9. Hatuel, who suffered knee injury prior to leaving for Beijing, was eventually unable to defeat the world-title holder.    
 
The Israeli swim team's efforts to make it to one of the men's Olympic finales came to a respectable end on Sunday night, as both Nimrod Shapira-Bar Or and Guy Barnea were unable to make the cut: Bar Or ranked 15th in the men's 200-meters freestyle; and Barnea settled for 16th place in the men's 100-meters backstroke.

 Bar-Or, failed to repeat a similar feat Monday, posting a 1:48.16 finish, good for 15th place overall. In the 100-meter backstroke finals, Guy Barnea finished in last place after posting a time of 54.93 seconds.

Israeli swimmer Alon Mandel broke a national record in the 200m. butterfly heats at the Olympics on Monday with a time of 1:59:27 minutes, finishing in fourth position. Mandel failed to reach the semi-finals.

Last Thursday, the 20-year-old vowed to remain at the Games despite finding out early that morning that his father, Kostya, 51, had died after falling off a ladder in the garden of his Netanya home. Mandel said he intended to compete for his father.

Israeli shooter Doron Egozi finished in 41st place out of a total of 51 shooters in the 10-meter competition. Egozi, the youngest of the three shooters representing Israel in Beijing, ended the day with 587 out of a possible 600 points. Finland's Henry Hakkinen captured the gold medal, posting 598 points .08/11/08