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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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[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

But the genocide didn't disqualify the whole country.

I guess having two country's athletes compete under the neutral flag would actually make it more meaningful, rather than everyone referring to the athletes as Russian anyway.