Israeli fencing champion Dana Sterlinkov won the Cadet World Cup Saturday, but when she ascended the podium in Mödling, Austria Israel's national anthem was not played.
A shocked Sterlinkov began to sing the anthem herself, along with her teammates and her managers, who soon joined in. Members of the Jewish community who arrived to watch the match also sang along.
"This is not the first time the Austrians have done something like this," Chairman of the Fencing Association Yossi Harari told Ynet.
...The team's coach, Yaakov Ferdman, said the man responsible for playing the anthems at the competition told him he could not find the recording of Hatikvah. "The organizers were very nice to us, and I got the impression it was a technical malfunction," he said.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3805135,00.html
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