Chelsea Zeig of Pearl River earned three medals over the last two days at the 19th World Maccabiah Games, an international competition among Jewish athletes held every four years in Israel.
Zeig set a new personal record with a distance of 36-6 to win silver in the shot put Wednesday, the same day she took bronze in the hammer throw. She earned a bronze medal in the discus Thursday while finishing fourth in the javelin. She competed in the open division in all four events.
"This experience has been amazing and I have met incredible people who love to throw just like me! I'm in awe of this whole experience," Zeig wrote in her blog.
To read more about Zeig's journey from initially being left of team USA to being a later addition, then training and fundraising to make it to Israel, check out her blog on Pearl River Patch here.
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