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Israel likely to send a bobsledding team to the Winter Olympic Games for the first time

JL;DR SUMMARY Israel is on the verge of debuting its bobsled team at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan, marking a significant milestone for the country's winter sports. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdfOlympicsAj EdelmanInternational CompetitionsBobsledWinter GamesSports InfrastructureIsrael Olympic CommitteeWinter Sports

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Israel
"Israel likely to send a bobsledding team to the Winter Olympic Games for the first time"
Milan, Italy
"Now, despite it all, the athletes are likely to qualify for the Milan games, which begin on Feb. 6."
Cortina, Belluno, Italy
"The Israeli bobsled teams road to the Winter Olympics in Milan has been as twisting and winding as the Eugenio Monti Sliding Centre course in Cortina"
Lake Placid, New York, United States
"On Sunday, the four-man Israeli team finished fifth in the North American Cup at Lake Placid, N.Y., likely clinching a spot in Milan."
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
"Israeli bobsled team pilot Adam AJ Edelman, 34, grew up in an Orthodox family in Brookline, Mass."
New York, United States
"Edelman set up a table in Washington Square Park in New York"
American Samoa
"Israel ranked better than three other teams [going to the Olympics from] Australia"
China
"Israel ranked better than three other teams [going to the Olympics from] ... China"
Latvia
"Israel ranked better than three other teams [going to the Olympics from] ... Latvia"

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