Israeli bobsled team apartment robbed ahead of Winter Olympics, competitor says

An flat that an Israeli bobsled squad subordinate and different Olympians utilized portion finishing their grooming for the Winter Olympics successful Italy was robbed connected Saturday, Israel’s bobsled aviator said.

AJ Edelman, a erstwhile Olympic skeleton jock who is present the operator for Israel’s bobsled team, said successful a societal media station that passports and "thousands of dollars" worthy of different items were among what was taken from the apartment.

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Adam Edelman and Regnars Kirejevs, of Israel, vie successful their 2nd tally during the two-man bobsled astatine the bobsledding satellite championships, Saturday, March 8, 2025, successful Lake Placid, New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

"What a season," helium added successful the post.

Edelman said the squad continued to bid adjacent aft an probe was launched. He said however the squad handled the time "is conscionable specified a good illustration of however we propulsion guardant successful hard circumstances."

"Such a gross usurpation — suitcases, shoes, equipment, passports stolen, and the boys headed close backmost to grooming today. I truly judge this squad exemplifies the Israeli Spirit."

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Members of Israel's bobsledding team, from left, Uri Zisman, Omer Katz, AJ Edelman, Ward Farwaseh, Itamar Shprinz, airs astatine the Israel Olympic Committee headquarters, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, successful Tel Aviv, Israel, earlier their departure for the 2026 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Julia Frankel)

He clarified to The Associated Press that helium was successful Italy, but wasn’t astatine the tract of the robbery. He said squad manager Itamar Shprinz was determination but it wasn’t wide if helium witnessed the robbery oregon was adjacent erstwhile it occurred.

The Israeli Olympic Committee didn’t instantly remark connected the issue. Israel is competing successful bobsled astatine the Olympics for the archetypal clip ever. The squad qualified aft Great Britain decided not to instrumentality 1 of its 2 allocated spots for the Milan Cortina Games.

The squad has dubbed the squad "Shul Runnings" arsenic they get acceptable for their Olympic participation.

"Some telephone them Shul Runnings," Israel’s authoritative X relationship wrote connected Thursday. "Others telephone them the small sled that could. We telephone them the squad that made it happen. First-ever Olympic bobsled squad for Israel."

Israel's emblem bearer Mariia Seniuk arrives during the Olympic opening ceremonial astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Official bobsled grooming successful Cortina d’Ampezzo volition statesman adjacent Thursday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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