Israel won its seventh medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, breaking its previous record of four medals in Tokyo in 2021.
The team scored 68.850 behind China, which scored 69.800, winning the gold.
The team came from behind, having placed only 6th in the qualifying round on Friday and 5th in the first round in the Hoops category.
The team members, Shani Bakanov, 18, Adar Friedmann, 18, Romi Paritzki, 20, Ofir Shaham, 19, and Diana Svertsov, 19, commented on their stellar win to Channel 5 news.
The team also noticed many Israeli flags waved by audience members.
Paritzki said her team was “so proud to represent the state and to lift it; we’re a strong people.”
Friedman commented that winning the silver was “the best thing that’s happened in our lives.
