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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

2024 Paris Olympics

L-R, top row: Jake Retzlaff, Quinn Hughes and Lindsay Gottlieb. Bottom row: Sam Salz, Jessica Fox and Max Fried. (Getty Images; Design by Grace Yagel via JTA)
January 1, 2025, 2:33 am
From Olympic medals to college ball, the top moments for Jewish athletes in 2024
Jewish athletes distinguished themselves across events, venues and tiers of competition while also having an incredible impact off the field. Here’s a look at this year’s highlights
By jacob gurvis
French CRS riot police stand guard outside the Parc des Princes ahead of the men's group C football match between Uzbekistan and Spain, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 24, 2024. (Franck Fife/AFP)
September 11, 2024, 3:19 pm
France foiled 3 Olympic attack plots, with Israelis among the targets – official
French prosecutor says Israeli team wasn’t ‘specifically’ aimed at; five people arrested, facing terrorism-related charges
By AP
Israel's women's goalball team competes against China in the semifinal of the 2024 Paris Paralympics on September 4, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
September 4, 2024, 7:17 pm
Israel wins Paralympic goalball semifinal, guaranteeing gold or silver medal
Jewish state to celebrate first team sport medal at Games in 36 years, will face Turkey in Thursday’s final; handcyclist Amit Hasdai finishes 4th in time trial event
By Amy Spiro
Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon celebrates with his gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on September 3, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
September 3, 2024, 10:04 pm
Swimmer Ami Dadaon clinches another Paralympic gold as Israeli medal haul rises to 7
Athlete emotionally shouts along to anthem ‘with everything I had’; goalball team beats Canada to get spot in semifinal; tennis player Guy Sasson sent to bronze medal match after loss
By Amy Spiro
Israeli Paralympian swimmer Ami Dadaon holds his gold medal at the Paris Games on August 30, 2024. (Lilach Weiss Rosenberg)
August 30, 2024, 11:48 pm
Ami Dadaon gives Israeli Paralympic team second gold medal with swimming victory
23-year-old sets men’s 100m freestyle record, as does rower Moran Samuel in women’s single sculls; Adnan Milad, Nadav Levi advance due to boycotts by Iranian, Tunisian opponents
By Amy Spiro
Israel's Asaf Yasur celebrates after winning a gold medal in taekwondo at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on August 29, 2024. (Lilach Weiss-Rosenberg)
August 30, 2024, 12:52 am
Israeli taekwondo champ Asaf Yasur grabs gold on first day of Paris Paralympics
Backed by large contingent of well-wishers, athlete dedicates Israel’s first medal at Games and first-ever Paralympic gold in taekwondo to ‘my beloved country’
By Amy Spiro
Peter Berry helped the University of Alabama win the National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament in 2023. (Courtesy of University of Alabama via JTA)
August 28, 2024, 3:06 pm
7 Jewish athletes to look out for at the Paris Paralympics
Competitors from the US, Canada and Brazil to aim for gold in table tennis, wheelchair basketball, boccia, running and equestrian sports
By jacob gurvis
Israeli Paralympic rowers (from left) Moran Samuel, Saleh Shahin, Shahar Milfelder and Shmulik Daniel pose for a photo at the Paris Paralympics on August 22, 2024. (Reuven Magnagey)
August 28, 2024, 3:35 am
Facing threats, Israeli Paralympians aim for gold in swimming, tennis, taekwondo in Paris
27 athletes in delegation competing in 10 different sports, with ‘extra motivation’ while hearing echoes of the boycott calls which surrounded their Olympic counterparts
By Amy Spiro
Sarah Levy of the US national women's rugby team carries the ball at the Paris Olympics, August 2024. (Evan Denworth)
August 17, 2024, 1:01 am
US rugby player Sarah Levy kvells over Paris bronze, seeks gold at home in LA in 2028
The 28-year-old physical therapy PhD candidate and professional athlete says she’s glad to put her sport on the map for Americans – and connect with fellow Jews while she’s at it
By Ed Klajman
2024 US Olympic fencer bronze medalist Nick Itkin attends the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon MGM Studios' 'Jackpot!' at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on August 13, 2024. (Valerie Macon / AFP)
August 16, 2024, 1:02 am
Jewish US Olympic fencer Nick Itkin says piercing family history led to his bronze win
Both his parents are athletic coaches who came to America from Ukraine, so it’s no surprise the medalist is already eyeing the gold when the Games come to his hometown LA in 2028
By Ed Klajman
France's Muhammad Abdallah Kounta celebrate after competing in the men's 4x400m relay heat of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 9, 2024. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP)
August 14, 2024, 8:11 pm
French Olympian suspended for posts against Jews, Israel and hostages
Runner Muhammad Abdallah Kounta apologizes, says ‘people who were there’ can attest to his love of France, opposition to ‘genocides and all forms of racism or injustice’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates after defeating China's Yang Liu to win gold in their women's 66kg final boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, August 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
August 14, 2024, 7:15 pm
France probes cyberbullying of Olympic champion Khelif by Trump, Musk, others
Investigation will look into what Khelif’s lawyer called ‘misogynist, racist and sexist’ comments about Algerian boxer’s gender
By AFP and ToI Staff
Gold medalist Tom Reuveny and other members of Team Israel arrive home from the 2024 Paris Olympics, at Ben Gurion Airport on August 12, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 12, 2024, 9:08 pm
Israeli gold medalist says win was possible because of country’s soldiers
Returning home, Tom Reuveny says those protecting Jewish state are reason ‘I’m even standing here’; Israeli Olympic chief Yael Arad: Delegation’s success is due to ‘Israeli spirit’
By Amy Spiro
Actor Tom Cruise jumps off the roof of the Stade de France, during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, at the Stade de France, August 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (Fabrizio Bensch/Pool Photo via AP)
August 12, 2024, 6:12 am
Closing Paris Games, Tom Cruise rappels down stadium, receives Olympic flag for LA
Capping a successful Olympics despite initial security and other concerns, French capital passes the flame to 2028 hosts, who receive it with a cadre of Hollywood stars
By John Irish and Richard Lough
Gymnast Artem Dolgopyat (left) and sailors Tom Reuveny (center) and Sharon Kantor pose with their silver, gold and silver Olympic medals in Paris on August 4, 2024. (Olympic Committee of Israel)
August 11, 2024, 4:53 pm
Brushing off threats and boos, Israel’s 7 medals mark its best-ever Olympic showing
With only muted anti-Israel sentiment despite heightened tensions, athletes bring home 1 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze medal from Paris Games and notch a number of other achievements
By Amy Spiro
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