Lironלִירוֹן
Lironhit'chilaהִתְחִילָה
she beganjudoג'וּדוֹ
judobe'gilבְּגִיל
at ageshmoneשְׁמוֹנֶה
eightmi'sibaמִסִּבָּה
for a reasonshe'loשֶׁלֹּא
that nothaytaהָיְתָה
she wassportivitסְפּוֹרְטִיבִית
sporty (fem.)bikhlalבִּכְלָל
at allhorehaהוֹרֶיהָ
her parentsratsuרָצוּ
they wantedshe'tilmadשֶׁתִּלְמַד
that she will learnle'hagenלְהָגֵן
to defendalעַל
onatzmahעַצְמָהּ
herselfLiron started judo at the age of eight for a reason that wasn't sporty at all; her parents wanted her to learn to defend herself.
adעַד
untilgilגִּיל
ageshevaשֶׁבַע
sevenesreעֶשְׂרֵה
tenhiהִיא
shehaytaהָיְתָה
she wasbeinבֵּין
amongha'tovotהַטּוֹבוֹת
the good (fem. pl.)be'gilahבְּגִילָהּ
in her age groupve'adוְעַד
and untilgilגִּיל
ageesrimעֶשְׂרִים
twentyhiהִיא
sheyadaיָדְעָה
she knewshe'hiשֶׁהִיא
that sherotzaרוֹצָה
wants (fem.)le'hagiaלְהַגִּיעַ
to reachle'olimpiyadaלְאוֹלִימְפִּיָּדָה
to the Olympicsloלֹא
notke'chalomכַּחֲלוֹם
as a dreammi'merchakמִמֶּרְחָק
from distanceelaאֶלָּא
but ratherke'mataraכְּמַטָּרָה
as a goalba'alatבַּעֲלַת
possessing (fem. sg.)mo'edמוֹעֵד
dateu'maslulוּמַסְלוּל
and a pathBy the age of seventeen she was among the best in her age group, and by twenty she knew she wanted to reach the Olympics, not as a distant dream but as a goal with a date and a path.
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