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Israeli bobsled captain on Olympics exit: ‘Holy endeavor’ slammed into rigid rule

JL;DR SUMMARY AJ Edelman, captain of Israel's bobsled team, defended the team's ejection from the Winter Olympics due to a controversial athlete swap, suggesting the move was a commonplace workaround in bobsled competitions, though it violated Olympic rules. 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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ControversyDruzeInternational SportsWinter OlympicsAj EdelmanBobsledWard FawarsyEthics In SportOlympic Committee Of Israel

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Israel
"The man who piloted the Israeli bobsled team to its first-ever Olympic Games defended the athlete-swapping scheme."
Prague, Prague, Hlavní mešto, Czechia
"Edelman, 34, said in a phone interview with the Forward from Prague."
Romania
"seemingly referring to the Romanian team, which also made a sub."
Italy
"But in Italy, with Fawarsy the alternate due to a pre-Olympics injury, Edelman went for the switch."

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