Adam “AJ” Edelman is the first Orthodox Jewish athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics, and now the first Israeli to qualify for the Games in two sports. No matter what happens when Israel’s bobsled team hits the ice next week at the 2026 Winter Olympics,

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A handful of diverse athletes — a pole-vaulter, sprinter, shot-putter, rugby player, and former Olympian in skeleton — will compete as Israel's first bobsled team during this year's Milan Cortina Winter Games, unlikely ambassadors of their diplomatically isolated nation.

AJ Edelman, the driver for the Israeli bobsled team, said the stolen items included passports, suitcases, shoes and sporting equipment

Israel Olympic bobsled team captain AJ Edelman says his team was allegedly burglarized in Prague days before their first Winter Olympics.

In Milano Cortina, Israel’s winter athletes will aim to leave a lasting impression – one run, skate, and slide at a time with nine Olympians and one Paralympian competing.

An apartment where the Israeli bobsled team was staying at for training ahead of the Winter Olympics was robbed, according to the bobsled pilot.

Passports and “thousands of dollars” worth of other items were among what was taken, Israeli bobsled pilot AJ Edelman said.

THE US and Team Israel were booed at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics. Thousands of athletes and spectators gathered at San Siro stadium in Milan to welcome the official start of the Milano Cortina games on Saturday.

Jared ‘Jewish Jet’ Firestone, a former track and field athlete, is competing for Israel in skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics.