Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yayin da yake a Beijing, kwana daya kafin bikin budewa, an sanar da Mandel mutuwar mahaifinsa, wanda aka kashe a hatsarin da ya faru a gidansa. Bayan ya shawarci danginsa, Mandel ya yanke shawarar zama a China kuma ya shiga gasar. A tseren mita 200 na malam buɗe ido, wanda aka gudanar bayan kwana huɗu kawai, Mandel ya karya rikodin Isra'ila, ya inganta shi zuwa minti 1:59:27, ya gama na 28. Kwana uku bayan haka, Mandel ya kafa wani tarihin Isra'ila a tseren mita 100 a kan malam buɗe ido
52.99 seconds zama kadai Ba'isra'ila don yin iyo a cikin ƙasa da 53 seconds. Mandel ya gama a matsayi na 36, kasa da rabin na biyu a hankali fiye da lokacin da ake buƙata don ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe.