Jakob Mandlbauer went to hospital after a heavy crash in the Winter Olympics four-man final, forcing a delay in the event.
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Israel withdraws own bobsleigh team from Milan-Cortina Winter Games over false illness claim
By bnm Gulf bureau Israel's Olympic Committee has withdrawn its four-man bobsleigh team from the 2026 Winter Games after an athlete falsely claimed to be ill in order to allow a substitute to race in his place,
The Israelis took part in the first two heats of the competition on Saturday, but it was the slowest sled to complete both runs.
There was a lengthy delay in the Bobsleigh four-man final at the Winter Olympics after the Austrian team crashed on the ice
Germany's Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi win gold in 2-woman bobsleigh event with teammates Lisa Buckwitz and Neele Schuten winning silver. Former Canadian Olympian Kaillie Armbruster Humphries and partner Jasmine Jones win bronze medal.
A team taking part in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games has reportedly been disqualified by their own country. On Sunday, the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games will come to a close. Gold medals are still on offer, with events such as curling, skiing, ice hockey, and bobsleigh all taking place on the final day of the Games.
The disqualification follows a series of tense moments for the Israeli delegation at the Milan-Cortina games.
The squad of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Christopher Lillis combined to post a dominant score of 325.35, which cleared second place by almost 30 points. Most notably, their win gave the U.S. its 11th gold medal of the games, which broke its record for most golds at the Winter Olympics.
The name of Laila Edwards will be front and center in communities of color if the United States wins the gold medal in Olympic Women’s Hockey. Edwards, a defender from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is the first Black woman to play for the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey team.
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