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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 363

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Israeli runners Adisu Guadie, left, and Sivan Auerbach, right, run for Oklahoma State. (Mason Harbour/Run4okstate)
May 31, 2024, 3:23 pm
These Israeli track runners at Oklahoma State are quick to defend their homeland
Representing the Jewish state from afar as fallout from Oct. 7 continues at home and abroad, Adisu Guadie and Sivan Auerbach report a warm welcome in their new surroundings
By Diana Bletter
Mamu Noam of Israel, Jakub Dudycha of the Czech Republic and Davide De Rosa of Italy celebrate after the men's 800 meter event during the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships at Givat-Ram Stadium in Jerusalem, July 7, 2022. (Jurij Kodrun/Getty Images for European Athletics via JTA)
August 9, 2023, 9:19 am
Israel flexes as an up-and-coming U20 sport host with Euro tourney in Jerusalem
Israeli Athletics Association hosts almost 2,000 athletes and officials from 48 countries from August 7-10, improving the Jewish state’s track record as a center for competitions
By jacob gurvis
Israel's Artem Dolgopyat celebrates gold in the men's floor exercise final event at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Munich, Germany, on August 21, 2022. (Ina Fassbender/ AFP)
August 21, 2022, 7:30 pm
Israeli artistic gymnast Dolgopyat wins gold at European Championship
Ukraine-born athlete beats Hungarian and British competitors, despite injuring foot a month ago and only having two weeks to train for event
By ToI Staff
Razi, a soccer player identifying as gay, in a campaign launched by the Culture and Sports Ministry aimed at combating prejudice against the LGBTQ community in sport. (Screengrab/YouTube)
August 17, 2022, 11:18 pm
‘Winning against prejudices’: Bid to tackle homophobia in sports
Releasing new clip featuring LGBTQ athletes, Culture and Sport Minister Chili Tropper says there is an ‘equal place in Israeli sports for everyone’
By Michael Horovitz
Australian gold medalist Jemima Montag celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women's 10,000m athletics event at the Alexander Stadium, in Birmingham on day nine of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, central England, August 6, 2022. (Ben Stansall/AFP)
August 8, 2022, 11:07 am
Commonwealth gold medalist Montag inspired by Holocaust-surviving grandmother
Racewalker, who came first in 10,000 meters at 2022 Birmingham games, wears lucky gold bracelet made from grandmother’s necklace: ‘It reminds me of strength and resilience’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israel's Blessing Afrifah celebrates after winning the Men's 200m during the World Athletics Under-20 Championship, in Cali, Colombia on August 4, 2022. (Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP)
August 5, 2022, 1:57 pm
Israel’s Blessing Afrifah wins gold in 200m dash at under-20 world championship
Sprinter claims Israel’s second gold medal ever at international competition, beating favorite Letsile Tebogo of Botswana to set event record
By Michael Horovitz
Bronze medalist Lonah Chemtai Salpeter of Israel celebrates after crossing the finish line in the women's marathon final, during the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon on July 18, 2022. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
July 18, 2022, 8:54 pm
Chemtai Salpeter wins first marathon bronze for Israel at World Championships
Kenyan-born runner achieves country’s best-ever result at the championships, is only third Israeli to win medal at competition
By ToI Staff and AP
Ernie Grunfeld hugs his children, Rebecca, 12, and Danny, 9, at a news conference in Harrison, New York, July 21, 1993. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
January 26, 2022, 6:04 am
The only known 2nd-generation Holocaust survivor in US sports leaves an NBA legacy
In his new book ‘By the Grace of the Game,’ former pro athlete Dan Grunfeld tells the story of his Jewish immigrant father who defied the odds to make basketball history
By Rich Tenorio
Dolph Schayes, circa 1951. (Wikimedia Commons)
October 25, 2021, 5:10 am
12-time All-Star Dolph Schayes voted one of the 75 best players in NBA history
When he retired in 1964, Schayes was the league’s career leader in games played, foul shots attempted and made, and personal fouls
By Ami Eden
Israeli runner Selamawit Teferi runs in the finals of the women's 5000m meter race at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on August 2, 2021. (Amit Shisel/Israel Olympic Committee)
August 2, 2021, 5:10 pm
Israeli runner finishes women’s 5000m final in 10th place
Synchronized swimming duo Eden Blecher and Shelly Bobritsky finish 16th in the free routine, and will dive in again on Tuesday for the technical qualifier
By Amy Spiro
Israel’s Olympic long jumper Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (L) and runner Selamawit Teferi (R) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, on July 30, 2021. (Israel Olympic Committee)
July 30, 2021, 2:58 pm
2 Israeli athletes advance to final rounds in Tokyo Olympics
Runner Selamawit Teferi sets a new Israeli record in the 5,000m race, while long jumper Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko places 5th
By Emanuel Fabian
This will be the first Israeli baseball team to play in the Olympics. (Courtesy of Israel Baseball/ via JTA)
July 11, 2021, 3:03 am
Olympics-bound Team Israel drives home Jewish identity for its American players
The baseball squad has four native-born Israelis and a diverse group of Jews from around the US with varying backgrounds, but a shared history makes this team closer than most
By Gabe Friedman
Christina Jefferson says of her career in diversity work: 'Really it’s just tikkun olam. How we can repair this broken world.' (Chloe Jackman/ via JTA)
May 31, 2021, 4:20 pm
NFL’s San Francisco 49ers pick a Jew of color to lead their diversity efforts
Christina Jefferson grew up in a Baptist family before converting to Judaism along with her wife. Now, she attends synagogue, volunteers and sees her job as a form of ‘tikkun olam’
By Gabe Stutman
Israel's Lonah Chemtai Salpeter competes in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, September 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
October 1, 2019, 4:07 am
Marathon great says athletes could have died at Doha world championships
Israel’s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter one of 28 who collapsed in women’s marathon; runners collapsed in other distance events; both Israel-based refugees finished their races near bottom
By AP and ToI Staff
Israeli runner Lonah Chemtai Salpeter competes in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, September 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
September 28, 2019, 3:56 am
Top Israeli runner Chemtai Salpeter collapses in world championship marathon
Athlete succumbs to extreme heat while in 5th place in competition in Qatar, hurting her chances of qualifying for 2020 Olympics
By Luke Tress
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