Paralympics
The skirt, the snow, and the spirit: Sheina Vaspi’s uphill race to Paralympics
As she navigates the Italian Alps, Sheina is carrying more than just her equipment: She is carrying a nation in the throes of a historic conflict.
Maccabi, TOM team up for disabled IDF veterans
Snoop Dogg named honorary coach of Team USA ahead of 2026 Winter Games
Israel ParaSport Center marks 65 years with new Luski Aquatic Center
City Notes: Netanya hosts Israeli Special Olympics
News briefs from around the nation.
Money for medals
Years between Olympics are lean ones for athletes.
Israel ends Paralympics with three bronze medals in Rio
Paralympics come to a close at the Maracana; Tokyo 2020 within sight.
Israeli Paralympian eyes 2016 Games in Rio
Pascale Bercovitch says “I love to find my limit and push it, to succeed more than I did yesterday.”
Disabled IDF veterans race through Jerusalem
Accompanied by police motorcycle escort, some 200 handicapped IDF veterans race from the President’s Residence to Beit Halohem.
This Week in History: Israel hosts the Paralympics
In November 1968, Israel held the Paralympic Games in Ramat Gan, finishing in third place behind the US and UK.
The coach behind the champion
Nimrod Bichler, Paralympic gold-medalist Noam Gershony’s coach, had to come up with what he calls “unconventional” solutions when training his charge to play wheelchair tennis.
A catastrophe vanquished
After officially becoming an Israeli symbol, Noam Gershony is right where he needs to be: on vacation, relaxing and having fun with a group of close friends.
A powerful local celebration of sports, humanity
Comment: There was not a dry eye in the audience as each athlete was individually introduced and applauded.
September 12: Seeing red
In terms of “Color Red” alarms, few news articles have set off my personal “color red” warning as did “Iron Dome remains silent as Grad rockets hit Beersheba, Netivot”
