No Minister, no passport: Bureaucracy risks Israel’s 2026 Winter Olympic dreams
“If these athletes cannot represent Israel, the delegation will almost not exist. That would be a major failure and a crying shame for generations,” said an Israeli Olympic Committee official.
FIGURE SKATER Mariia Seniuk, selected as Israel’s flag bearer, faces uncertainty over her participation in the 2026 Winter Olympics next month in Italy due to a passport issue, a bureaucratic fiasco affecting much of the blue-and-white delegation.(photo credit: BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
