Olympics

The win broke a 46-year Olympic drought for Team USA, which had not taken gold since the famous “Miracle on Ice” team that upset the Soviet Union on its way to gold in 1980.

The disqualification follows a series of tense moments for the Israeli delegation at the Milan-Cortina games.

On Saturday, viewers heard "Let's avoid crew number 21, which is the Israeli one," and then "no, because ..." before the sound was cut off.

The four-time national champion was warmly received by the crowd at Milan’s Forum di Assago indoor arena. Seniuk qualified for the free skate in 22nd place.

The commentary on Radio Television Suisse was aired throughout one of the runs of Israelis Adam Edelman and Chen Menachem in the two-man bobsleigh event on Monday.

As the war fades from public attention, the silence of influencer-driven Jewish activism reveals a deeper problem: advocacy shaped by visibility and incentives cannot endure without an audience.

The bobsleigh duo of AJ Edelman and Menachem Chen, as well as skier Barnabas Szollos, are competing in their respective events.

The Games organizers said the matter had been dealt with immediately at the venue level, without clarifying if there would be further consequences for the employee.

Jewish organizations condemned the IOC after a 1936 Berlin Olympics T-shirt sold out online, saying the Games were used to legitimize Hitler’s regime.

Adam “AJ” Edelman is the first Orthodox Jewish athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics, and now the first Israeli to qualify for the Games in two sports.