Olympics
Israel’s Or Sasson, left, trying to shake hands with Islam El Shehaby of Egypt following their Olympic judo match in Rio de Janeiro won by Sasson.
August 14, 2016, 9:03 am
Israel’s second medal in Rio comes again from judo
Ori Sasson of Israel won a bronze medal in the men’s judo over-100 kg competition.
Yarden Gerbi of Israel celebrating her victory over Miku Tashiro of Japan in the women’s bronze medal judo bout at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
August 10, 2016, 8:34 am
Bronze for judo is Israel’s first Rio Olympics medal
Yarden Gerbi became the first Israeli to medal at the Rio Olympics, bringing home a bronze in the women’s 63-kg judo competition.
Israel's flagbearer Neta Rivkin leads her delegation during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images)
August 9, 2016, 9:24 am
Lebanese delegation refuses to ride bus with Israeli Olympians
Lebanese Olympians refused to ride on a bus with Israeli athletes to get to the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 summer games.
August 4, 2016, 12:01 am
Rio: Jewish Olympians to watch
Here are seven Jewish American athletes we’re expecting to make waves in Brazil.
Silver medalist Jessica Fox competing in the Women's K-1 canoe slalom semi-final
June 30, 2016, 11:35 am
Fox in fine form for Rio
WOMEN’S canoe slalom world number one Jessica Fox finished the opening three rounds of the 2016 World Cup in strong form in Pau, France last weekend.
By Yael Brender
July 12, 2012, 9:49 am
Courage to continue
June 22, 2012, 10:00 am
Solomon secures Olympic spot
AFTER months of waiting, Steven Solomon was officially told last week that he would be a part of the Australian athletics team at the 2012 London Olympics. The national 400m champion, was selected as part of the 4x400m relay team, and he’s confident that he can still shave 0.24 seconds off his personal best time before the July 7 deadline to run an A-qualifying time and earn a spot in the individual 400m race in the UK as well.
By Joshua Levi
June 18, 2012, 11:00 am
Campaign prompts Olympic-sized response
HUNDREDS of AJN readers have put pen to paper urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to hold a minute’s silence at the opening ceremony of this year’s Games to commemorate the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at the Munich Games in 1972.
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