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Israel's national anthem is played after 17-year-old Alon Leviev took gold in the junior category at the Ju-jitsu World Championship in Abu Dhabi (Screen grab)
November 17, 2019, 11:08 am
‘Hatikvah’ played in Abu Dhabi as Israeli takes gold in ju-jitsu tournament
Alon Leviev takes top spot on the podium and receives medal at UAE competition underneath Israeli flag; Arab nation reversed its ban on Israeli symbols last year
By TOI staff
Neta Rivkin carries the flag for the Israeli delegation during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
October 23, 2019, 10:04 pm
Israel expected to send largest-ever delegation to 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo
Around 85 athletes set to compete in 18 sports when world’s athletes convene in the Japanese capital in July
By JTA
Israeli windsurfer Katy Spychakov (R) and her coach Pierre Loquet. (Israel Sailing Association)
October 23, 2019, 3:54 pm
Israeli Olympic windsurfing hopeful in choppy waters over affair with coach
Sailing Association fires coach Pierre Loquet, citing his relationship with potential medalist Katy Spychakov; rival athletes now claim she got preferential treatment
By TOI staff
Israeli windsurfer Katy Spychakov after taking the silver medal at the RS:X World Championships at Lake Garda in Italy, September 28, 2019 (Screen grab via Kan)
September 28, 2019, 8:50 pm
Israeli windsurfer takes silver medal at world championship
Katy Spychakov comes in 2nd in women’s category at contest on Lake Garda in Italy; first Israeli medal at the global competition since 2014
By 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
Elias Katz crossing the finish line at the Helsinki Stadium, circa 1920s. (screenshot)
September 10, 2019, 6:55 am
Forgotten Olympic track champion’s legacy races on in Israel
Winning gold in the 1920s when running alongside some of the most famous Finnish athletes in history, Eliyahu Katz left his mark on what would one day become Israeli sports
By Shaul Adar
Uzbekistan's Bekmurod Oltiboev, in white, competes against Iran's Javad Mahjoub during their men's +100 kg judo bronze medal match at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 31, 2018. (AP/Dita Alangkara)
July 9, 2019, 12:21 am
Iran’s sports czar denies its athletes will stop boycotting Israelis
Statement comes ahead of Judo world championship; world federation said in May that Tehran agreed to adopt ‘non-discrimination principle’
By Marcy Oster
Tamara Statman thinks the team has a good chance of making the Olympics. (Courtesy of the Israeli Softball Association/via JTA)
July 5, 2019, 5:47 am
Israeli softball is building a women’s ‘dream team’ for the 2020 Olympics
Thirteen US Jewish college students and recent graduates arrived in Israel at the beginning of the month to train for the European Championships in the Czech Republic
By Marcy Oster
Participants in the 'White Card Day' event -- the global United Nations "International Day of Sport for Development and Peace" -- held in Israel for the first time on April 7, 2019, hold up their white cards. (Jordan Polevoy)
April 8, 2019, 4:15 pm
Israel holds first ‘White Card Day,’ joining UN’s global sports-for-peace push
400 participants — able-bodied and disabled, young and old, male and female, from Jewish, Arab, religious and secular communities, and asylum seekers — gather in Ramle
By TOI staff
Linoy Ashram of Israel performs her clubs routine during in 2017 (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP)
August 19, 2018, 4:59 pm
After breaking world record, Israeli gymnast Ashram bags 2nd gold medal
In World Challenge Cup in Minsk, 19-year-old talent wins clubs competition, clinches bronze in balls phase after winning all-round phase on Saturday
By TOI staff
Linoy Ashram of Israel performs her clubs routine during in 2017 (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP)
August 18, 2018, 6:18 pm
Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram sets world record at World Cup, wins gold
Ashram receives score of 20.65 for her clubs demonstration, surpassing previous record holder, goes on to clinch first place in all-round phase
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video of Israeli runner Marhu Teferi moments after breaking the national marathon record during the European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (Sport 5)
August 12, 2018, 4:02 pm
Marhu Teferi breaks Israeli marathon record set in 2003
Taking part in European Athletic Championship, runner beats his own best time by more than 1 minute to come in 7th
By TOI staff
Israel's Lonah Chemtai Salpeter celebrates winning the women's 10,000 meter final race at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, August 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
August 9, 2018, 2:41 am
Israeli runner Lonah Chemtai Salpeter wins gold at European Championships
Salpeter comes in first at 10,000-meter race in Berlin, beating Susan Krumins of the Netherlands by 9 full seconds
By TOI staff
Sprinter Diana Vaisman after she broke the Israeli women's 100 meter record on July 4, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 5, 2018, 10:48 pm
After 46 years, sprinter breaks Israeli women’s 100 meter record
Diana Vaisman’s time of 11.38 shaves 7 hundredths of a second off record set at Munich Olympics by Esther Roth, who was on hand to offer congratulations
By TOI staff
Israel's national lacrosse team. (Photo credit: Israel Lacrosse Facebook page)
From the WebJune 30, 2018, 6:52 pm
In Israel, building a Lacrosse league from scratch
Long Island native Scott Neiss developed the Israel Lacrosse Association in just 8 years, with Jewish state now set to host largest tournament, NY Times reports
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