Sport in Israel: Difference between revisions

Israel has one regulation [[ice rink]], located in [[Metulla]], a city on the [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] border. Israel has been sending teams to the [[Winter Olympics]] since 1994. In 2002, [[Galit Chait]] (world championship bronze medalist) and [[Sergei Sakhnovski]] (world championship bronze medalist) finished sixth in [[ice dancing]].<ref name="nytimes1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/sports/olympics/19skate.html|title=Israel's Winter Athletes Come to U.S. Seeking Ice and Medals|first=Charles|last=McGrath|work=The New York Times |date=January 19, 2010|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> [[Alexandra Zaretski]], [[Belarus]]ian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian,<ref name =asdf>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0206/bloom_olympics06.php3 |title=The Tribe goes to Torino: Sketches of Jewish Olympic-Bound Athletes|last=Bloom|first=Nate|publisher=JWR |date=February 16, 2006 |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref> and [[Roman Zaretski]], Belarusian-born Israeli, ice dancer, Olympian<ref>{{cite webnews|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/28377/jewish-athletes-in-the-olympics-then-and-now/ |title=Jewish athletes in the Olympics—then and now |first1=Lionel|last1=Gaffen|first2=Joe|last2=Eskenazi|publishernewspaper=j. |date=February 9, 2006 |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref> a brother and sister ice-dancing pair, came in ninth in the 2008 world championships and first in the 2009 [[World University Games]].<ref name="nytimes1"/>

Facebook page, Follow Team Israel, shares the news of Israeli sport to the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nachumsegal.com/42035-2/ |title=Nachum Features "Follow Team Israel" on JM in the AM|work=Nachum Segal |date=20 June 2019 |access-date=17 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nocamels.com/2019/10/israel-tokyo-2020-olympics-qualifiers-medals/ |title=Israel is Sending its Biggest Delegation to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo|work=No Camels |date=16 October 2019 |access-date=17 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fromthegrapevine.com/lifestyle/israel-baseball-team-olympics-tokyo-2020-qualifying-european-tournament-peter-kurz-interview |title=Israeli baseball team has sights set on 2020 Tokyo Olympics|work=From the Grapevine |access-date=17 December 2019}}</ref>