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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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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They were in last place, anyway. Israel's Olympic committee disqualified them. So, "they disqualified themselves" is an accurate enough statement. Not the team members, but not the broader IOC, either.

https://brobible.com/sports/article/israel-bobsled-cheating-lie-disqualified-olympics-caught-illness-sick-alternate/

[–] sh3llcmdr@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Only the IOC can disqualify a team. If they "withdrew" then they still weren't disqualified by themselves