Israel take gold in men's 50m freestyle

Israel's Ziv Kalontarov has won gold in the men's 50m freestyle final at the European Games.

The 18-year-old executed an impressive swim to comfortably finish ahead of Italy's Giovanni Izzo.

The bronze medal went to Russian Federation's Aleksei Brianskii, who finished more than half a second behind the winner.

Kalontarov's triumph earned Israel just their second gold medal of the Games.

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