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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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[–] 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

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