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Israeli Olympic team

Kevin Cuzmiciov, left, and Eylon Elazar compete at the Nayarit Challenge in Mexico, March 2026. (Courtesy)
August 24, 2026, 2:57 pm
Tenacity and grit fuel Israeli beach volleyball duo’s spike in rankings – and Olympic hopes
Quickly rising through international ranks, Eylon Elazar and Kevin Cuzmiciov face fierce competition for chance to represent Israel in the sport for first time at 2028 LA Games
By David Wiseman
Israeli climber Ayala Kerem in competition in this undated photo. (Jan Virt/IFSC)
May 5, 2026, 10:55 am
High ambition: Rising star eyes Olympic ascent for Israeli climbing
24-year-old Ayala Kerem believes she can represent the Jewish state at the 2028 LA Games — and that an Olympic push could help raise interest in the emerging field
By David Wiseman
Israel's AJ Edelman, front, Menachem Chen, Uri Zisman and Omer Katz start for a four-man bobsleigh run at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
February 22, 2026, 5:42 pm
Israel limps away from Winter Olympics overshadowed by bobsleigh team’s drama
After scrappy group fought for years for a spot on the Olympic stage, its legacy is tainted by disqualification, and the whole delegation’s accomplishments at the Games have been swallowed up
By Amy Spiro
Israel's AJ Edelman, left, Menachem Chen, Uri Zisman and Omer Katz arrive at the finish during a four-man bobsleigh run at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
February 22, 2026, 9:19 am
Israel disqualifies its own Olympic bobsleigh team for lying to officials
Team tried to let Ward Fawarseh, an alternate, compete by faking another member’s medical exam, Olympic Committee of Israel says, calling behavior ‘against fair and sportsmanlike conduct’
By Amy Spiro
Israel's AJ Edelman (left) Menachem Chen, Uri Zisman and Omer Katz slide down the track during a four-man bobsleigh run at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, February 21, 2026. (AP/Aijaz Rahi)
February 21, 2026, 8:40 pm
Italian broadcaster apologizes after commentator calls to ‘avoid’ Israeli bobsleigh team
RAI Sport’s interim director says on-air remark during Winter Olympics coverage was ‘unacceptable’ and that an internal review has already been launched
By Amy Spiro
Israel's Adam Edelman (left) and Menachem Chen congratulate each other after competing in the bobsleigh men's 2-man heat 3 at Cortina Sliding Center during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina on February 17, 2026. (Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)
February 17, 2026, 10:31 pm
Jubilant Israeli team celebrates last-place finish in Olympic 2-man bobsleigh event
With eyes already on upcoming four-man race, team pilot AJ Edelman says after wrapping up first event that ‘we’re very proud — Israel is in the Olympics, baby!’
By Amy Spiro
Israel's Jared Firestone reacts after competing in the skeleton men's heat 4 at Cortina Sliding Center during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo on February 13, 2026. (Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)
February 14, 2026, 7:58 pm
Israel makes history but no major wins in first week at 2026 Winter Olympics
Skeleton’s Jared Firestone ends Olympic run in 22nd place, as country’s first-ever cross-country skier crosses the finish line second to last at Milano Cortina Games
By Amy Spiro
A man holds a placard reading "Israel out of the Olympics" during a protest against the environmental, economic, and social impact of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, on February 7, 2026. (REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane)
February 8, 2026, 10:57 pm
Pro-Palestinian groups join anti-Olympics protests in Milan, demand Israel be ousted
Participants at the Saturday rally, whose fringes turn violent, call for release of activist arrested on suspicion of fundraising for Hamas
By Rossella Tercatin and Reuters
Israel's Noa Szollos reacts after competing in the second run of the Women's Slalom, as part of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2025-2026, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, January 4, 2026. (Jure Makovec / AFP)
February 5, 2026, 11:52 am
On skis, sleds and skates, Israel’s Winter Olympians ready to give their all in Italy
Israel is sending nine Olympians and one Paralympian to the Milano Cortina Games, with modest aims of setting new Israeli records and proudly flying the flag of the Jewish state
By Amy Spiro
Jared Firestone of Israel competes during the men's skeleton race heats at the 2025 IBSF World Championships at Mt Van Hoevenberg on March 6, 2025, in Lake Placid, New York. (Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP)
January 30, 2026, 3:56 pm
How ‘Jewish Jet’ Jared Firestone slid his way into the 2026 Winter Olympics
After pursuing the dream for more than a decade, the skeleton athlete and Florida native will represent Israel on the Olympic stage: ‘I always wanted to try to do something different’
By Amy Spiro
Israel's bobsled team, led by AJ Edelman (second from right) poses with the Israeli flag after a race in Lake Placid, New York. (Courtesy Olympic Committee of Israel)
January 22, 2026, 8:07 pm
Israel’s bobsleigh team clinches spot at 2026 Winter Olympics
After championing the cause for the past eight years, team pilot AJ Edelman leads four-man squad to Milano Cortina: ‘Let’s go make more history’
By Amy Spiro
Israeli Mariia Seniuk competes during the women's Free Skating event of the ISU Figure Skating European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, January 31, 2025. (Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)
January 14, 2026, 8:31 pm
With clock ticking, Israel moves to resolve passport crisis for Winter Olympians
Knesset okays cabinet decision to grant Netanyahu temporary powers of interior minister in order to issue passports to 3 athletes caught in bureaucratic and political quagmire
By Amy Spiro
Mariia Seniuk of Israel performs during the women's short program at the figure skating world championships, March 26, 2025, in Boston. (AP/Charles Krupa)
December 31, 2025, 6:46 pm
Fate of Israel’s tiny Winter Olympics delegation on thin ice over bureaucratic hurdles
Under new regulations and with no sitting interior minister, Israeli Olympic hopefuls stuck without passports, throwing their participation into question just weeks ahead of games
By Amy Spiro
Israeli skier Attila Mihaly Kertesz competes in the men's 10km interval start free at the FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Trondheim, Norway, December 7, 2025. (Marius Gulliksrud/ action press via Reuters)
December 24, 2025, 1:39 am
Israeli skier’s journey to Winter Olympic slopes was an up- and downhill battle
Attila Mihaly Kertesz, a Hungarian native who took up cross-country skiing in 2018, says representing Israel on sport’s biggest global stage is ‘something I can give back to my nation’
By Amy Spiro
Team Israel women’s flag football team charges at the IFAF European Championship in 2019. (Courtesy of AFI)
August 5, 2025, 3:09 am
Playing from behind, Israeli flag football draws up a Hail Mary for Olympic kick-off
With limited resources and growing anti-Israel hostility in sports amid ongoing war, the men’s and women’s squads are training hard for a coveted spot at the 2028 Games in LA
By Chani Kaplan
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