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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 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
Members of Israel's bobsleigh team, from left, Uri Zisman, Omer Katz, AJ Edelman, Ward Farwaseh and Itamar Shprinz, pose at the Olympic Committee of Israel headquarters, January 28, 2026, in Tel Aviv, before their departure for the 2026 Winter Olympics. (AP/Julia Frankel)
February 8, 2026, 4:11 am
Israeli bobsled team’s apartment robbed ahead of Milan Winter Games, says athlete
Bobsled pilot AJ Edelman says burglars pinched passports, thousands of dollars’ worth of items in weekend break-in, adds that team pushed ahead, kept training despite setback
By AP and ToI Staff
Mariia Seniuk, flag bearer of Israel, walks during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, February 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
February 6, 2026, 11:54 pm
Israel team marches to smattering of boos at Milan Winter Olympics opening ceremony
‘I’m prepared, they can do whatever they want,’ says Israeli skier Barnabas Szollos; hundreds protest against ICE, which is helping secure US delegation; Vance jeered at ceremony
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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
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
Hungarian-Israeli retired Olympic artistic gymnast and coach Agnes Keleti in her apartment in Budapest, Hungary, on January 8, 2023. (Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)
January 2, 2025, 1:05 pm
Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor and oldest living Olympic medalist, dies at 103
Hungarian-born gymnast, whose father perished in Auschwitz, nabbed 10 medals at 1952 and 1956 games before settling in Israel and coaching national team for decades
By AP and ToI Staff
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
Israel's Daria Atamanov performs with the ribbon in the rhythmic gymnastics' individual all-around final at the Paris 2024 Olympics at the Porte de la Chapelle Arena in Paris, August 9, 2024. (Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)
August 9, 2024, 7:57 pm
Israeli rhythmic gymnast Atamanov finishes 5th in individual run; team heads to finals
Daria Atamanov, in her first Olympics, says she gave it her all throughout four routines; Matan Roditi comes 16th in marathon swim
By Amy Spiro
Israel's Daria Atamanov performs with the clubs in the rhythmic gymnastics' individual all-around qualification at the Paris 2024 Olympics, August 8, 2024. (Loic Venance/AFP)
August 8, 2024, 9:12 pm
Israel’s Daria Atamanov secures spot in Olympic rhythmic gymnastics final
Gymnast finishes 7th overall after routines in ball, hoop, ribbon and clubs: ‘I hope to do much better tomorrow’; Israel’s sailing delegation wraps up its Olympic events
By Amy Spiro
Israel's Mikhail Yakovlev competes in a men's track cycling sprint qualifying round of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome, August 7, 2024. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
August 7, 2024, 10:55 pm
Israeli cyclist wows in opening race, taekwondo fighter ousted in 1st Paris match
Mikhail Yakovlev sets brief Olympic record before being knocked out in 1/8 finals of men’s sprint; sobbing Avishag Semberg says she had dreamed of dedicating medal to hostages
By Amy Spiro
Amit Elor celebrates defeating Davaanasan Enkh Amar of Mongolia and winning the women's freestyle 72 kg wrestling final match during the Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, September 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
August 5, 2024, 1:14 pm
Facing family tragedy, online antisemitism, US wrestler Amit Elor vies for gold in Paris
Undefeated for 5 years, daughter of Israeli parents will step onto the mat Monday as a gold medal contender. She’s been pitted against more trying circumstances in the past
By Aimee Berg
Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich at the Qatar Grand Prix, January 31, 2024. (FIE [Fédération Internationale d'Escrime] on X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 29, 2024, 10:39 am
Important for Israelis to see their athletes at the Olympics, defeated fencer says
After a surprise defeat, Yuval Freilich is disappointed but hopes to make his return in future Games, says it was ‘fantastic’ that he managed to qualify despite war at home
By AFP
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