It’s been a long journey, but for the first time in history, Israel has sent a bobsled team to the Winter Olympics — the 2026 Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy.
The team is led by American-Israeli AJ Edelman, who has poured in years of sweat and sacrifice to make this possible, even fundraising on his own to secure the resources necessary to compete.
Affectionately named Shul Runnings after the 1993 comedy film about the Jamaican bobsled team, Cool Runnings, the nickname plays on the Yiddish word shul, meaning synagogue.
The team has drawn international attention, but their Olympic debut has not been without adversity.
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