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This Skater Made Israeli Olympic History to the Sountdtrack of ‘Stranger Things’

JL;DR SUMMARY Mariia Seniuk made history as the first Israeli woman to compete in the female singles competition at the Winter Olympics, representing Israel with a unique routine set to the Stranger Things soundtrack. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Cultural RepresentationJewish AthletesStranger ThingsWinter OlympicsIsraeli SportsIsraeli OlympicsSports HistoryFigure SkatingMariia SeniukOlympic Participation

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"When she was 8, she moved with her family to Israel first to Natanya, then to Tel Aviv."
Natanya, Central District, Israel
"When she was 8, she moved with her family to Israel first to Natanya, then to Tel Aviv."
Milan, Italy
"When Mariia Seniuk took Olympic ice last Thursday at the Milano Cortina Olympics, she seemed to channel fierce Stranger Things heroine Eleven, small and mysterious on the ice."
Moscow, Russian Federation
"Seniuk, who was born in Moscow, started skating in open fields when she was just 4."

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