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Israel disqualifies its own Olympic bobsleigh team for lying to officials (www.timesofisrael.com)
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Israeli Olympic officials have disqualified their own bobsleigh team from participating in the final day of competition at the Milan 2026 Winter Olympics after one of its athletes falsely claimed illness

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[โ€“] moody@lemmings.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Olympic Committee of Israel disqualified them, not the International Olympic Comittee.

[โ€“] sh3llcmdr@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

I must've misunderstood