After championing the cause for the past eight years, team pilot AJ Edelman leads four-man bobsleigh squad to Milano Cortina: ‘Let’s go make more history’

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israel’s bobsleigh team clinches spot at 2026 Winter Olympics
Amy Spiro
January 22, 2026

Israel made ice-cold history on Thursday after qualifying a bobsleigh team for the Winter Olympics for the first time. The four-man team, headed by pilot AJ Edelman – who has been working tirelessly toward this goal for the past eight years – will hit the track at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games in just a couple of weeks. The team managed to clinch a place after reallocation – finishing just one spot out of contention in the official rankings, but garnering an invitation to the Games after the UK decided to send only one team instead of two. READ MORE

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