Israeli olympic team

Italy's RAI apologizes after latest gaffe targets Israeli bobsleigh team

On Saturday, viewers heard "Let's avoid crew number 21, which is the Israeli one," and then "no, because ..." before the sound was cut off.

|ByREUTERS
Israeli 2-man bobsleigh team.
General view of the Olympic rings covered in snow ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, January 26, 2026.

Milano Cortina Olympics: Israel's delegation, ICE, and event's security measures spark debate

About 6,000 Italian security units are stationed to secure the event.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
FIGURE SKATER Mariia Seniuk, selected as Israel’s flag bearer, faces uncertainty over her participation in the 2026 Winter Olympics next month in Italy due to a passport issue, a bureaucratic fiasco affecting much of the blue-and-white delegation.

No Minister, no passport: Bureaucracy risks Israel’s 2026 Winter Olympic dreams

“If these athletes cannot represent Israel, the delegation will almost not exist. That would be a major failure and a crying shame for generations,” said an Israeli Olympic Committee official.

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
Adi Bichman brings decades of experience in Israeli sport – as an athlete and executive –into her new position as CEO of the Israel Olympic Committee.

Former Olympian Adi Bichman appointed CEO of Israel Olympic Committee

Former Olympic swimmer Adi Bichman has been unanimously appointed CEO of Israel’s Olympic Committee as the country begins its push toward the 2028 Games.

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF

Tech Talk: Israeli Olympians eat healthier

Day Two uses athletes' fecal samples to help design their ideal training diets.

FEBRUARY 14, 2018ByARIEL SHAPIRA
Green salad with arugula and berries

Another disqualification for Israel's Bynakov at Pyeongchang

Bykanov on Saturday illegally pushed an opponent int he 1500 meter race, disqualifying him for the first time in the Winter Games.

FEBRUARY 14, 2018ByALLON SINAI
Israeli speedskater Vladislav Bynakov (right) competes in the men's 1,000 meters at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

Skaters lead blue-and-white delegation to Olympics

Israel has qualified for the first time for the team competition, in which only 10 nations will participate.

FEBRUARY 8, 2018ByALLON SINAI
THE Israel figure skating duo of Evgeni Krasnopolski (left) and Paige Conners (right) will already begin their participation at the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Friday when they perform their short program as part of the team event.

Winter Olympics 2018: 5 Jewish story lines to watch

There are several compelling Jewish stories to catch up on before the action starts.

JANUARY 31, 2018ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
SPEED SKATER Vladislav Bykanov (front) will once again headline Israel’s delegation to the Winter Olympics next month in Pyeongchang, South Korea

Israel's only skeleton athlete gears up for 2018 Olympics

The 26-year-old, who made aliyah in 2016, has stopped at nothing to achieve his goal of representing Israel at the Winter Olympics.

JANUARY 27, 2018ByALLON SINAI
ISRAEL’s ONLY active skeleton athlete, A.J. Edelman

Rivlin heads to Munich to unveil monument to murdered Israeli athletes

11 murdered Israeli athletes were brutally murdered during the 1972 Munich Olympics by terrorist organization Black September.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
A DEPICTION of the Munich Massacre memorial at Olympic Park in Bavaria to honor of the 11 Israeli athletes, coaches and the German police officer killed in a terrorist attack during the 1972 Games.

Israel’s judokas upset over Yom Kippur Worlds

Yom Kippur falls on September 19 in 2018, meaning that Israeli judokas won’t be able to compete on either September 18 or 19.

JULY 30, 2017ByALLON SINAI

Rivlin to attend inauguration honoring slain Israeli Olympic athletes

The memorial will be unveiled by German Frank Walter Steinmeier and President Reuven Rivlin in the first week of September.

JULY 17, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN addresses the Holocaust Remembrance Day opening ceremony at Yad Vashem on Sunday

Israeli figure skater Bychenko books spot in 2018 Olympics

MARCH 31, 2017ByALLON SINAI
ISRAEL FIGURE SKATER Alexei Bychenko competes in the men’s short program at the ISU World Championships yesterday in Helsinki. (

Jerusalem Grapevine: A fetching jacket

News briefs from Jerusalem and the surrounding area:JERUSALEM’S OLYMPIC

DECEMBER 30, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Ori Sasson of Israel's Judo team