By JTA – Rio de Janeiro American Jewish gymnast Aly Raisman won her third medal of the Rio Olympics on Tuesday — a silver in the floor exercise. Raisman, 22, of Needham, Massachusetts, was beaten out for the gold by U.S. teammate Simone Biles, who claimed her fourth gold medal here. Biles finished with a score of 15.966 to […]
By Lea Speyer – The Algemeiner A video of a popular Israeli musician’s comedic commentary on the Olympic performance of a gold-medal US gymnast has attracted over half a million views on Facebook over the past week. In a tongue-in-cheek routine, which is all in Hebrew, Danny Sanderson — who in 2005 won a lifetime achievement award […]
By Ben Ariel, Canada – Arutz 7 IOC to look into incident in which Egyptian judoka Islam el-Shahabi refused to shake the hand of his Israeli rival, Or Sasson. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Friday it would probe the incident at the Rio Olympics in which Egyptian judoka Islam el-Shahabi refused to shake the hand […]
By Times of Israel Staff Hours after being snubbed by Egyptian opponent, Israeli judoka powers through to beat Cuban rival in battle for third place medal Israel’s Or Sasson beat Cuba’s Alex Maxell Garcia Mendoza to win a bronze medal in the men’s over-100kg competition at the Rio Games on Friday. Sasson’s was Israel’s second bronze […]
Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby was loudly booed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics By Associated Press Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby was loudly booed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after his first-round loss to Israel’s fifth-ranked Or Sasson, when he refused to bow or shake Sasson’s hand, in a major breach of judo etiquette. […]
By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times The 2016 Olympic Games have been billed as an opportunity to put politics aside in the spirit of international camaraderie, but that’s not necessarily how it’s working out for the Israeli team. Animosity toward the 47-member delegation has triggered a reprimand from the International Olympic Committee and alarm […]
By Times of Israel Staff Yakov Toumarkin finishes 16th in his heats, while Gal Nevo, Amit Ivry and Andrea Murez fail to make it through Israeli swimmer Yakov Toumarkin just barely made it into the men’s 200m backstroke semifinals at the Rio Games on Wednesday, ranking 16th in the qualifying heats. Toumarkin completed the race in […]
Israel ranked second on the list of 17 best-dressed Olympians Shiryn Ghermezian / The Algemeiner Israel’s team of athletes wore some of the best outfits during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games on Friday night, according to a USA Today list. Israel ranked second on the list of 17 best-dressed Olympians. “That’s how you […]
By Emily McFarlan Miller / RNS Gymnast Aly Raisman captured two gold medals and a bronze in gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. But it was her parents’ hilariously awkward reactions watching her compete, her choice of music for her individual floor exercise and her comments afterward that captured hearts. Raisman, who […]
Israel’s lightweight judo contender is one fight away from a medal at the Olympics in Rio By Ruthie Blum / The Algemeiner Israel’s lightweight judo contender is one fight away from a medal at the Olympics in Rio, the Hebrew news site nrg reported on Monday. According to the report, after a string of disappointments during the first […]
