Gymnastics

'I knew that I was beyond capable': Israeli gymnast Lihie Raz on chasing the Olympics

From uncertain teenager to Olympic contender, Israeli gymnast Lihie Raz is still reaching for new heights

Lihie Raz is one of Israel’s leading artistic gymnasts, representing the country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and again at the 2024 Paris Olympics, as well as at multiple European Championships. Premium
OVER HIS four-year tenure in Israel, Richard Priestman’s calm precision and world-class expertise helped transform the country’s national archery program into an emerging international force.

The zen of the siren: Richard Priestman and the architecture of Israeli archery stillness

 Israeli sailor Tamar Steinberg and her coach Shahar Tzuberi

Olympic Committee of Israel halts 2025 awards amid security challenges

Team Israel performs during the Group All-Around Final at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships - Rio 2025

IOC wants no sports events in Indonesia after Israeli athletes' visa ban


Israeli gymnast wins gold at European Championships

Artem Dolgopyat also won the bronze medal for vault, and Israeli Alexander Myakinin won bronze on the high bar.

Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat

Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram wins gold at European Championship

Ashram achieved a score of 26.5 on the hoop exercise, narrowly overtaking Belarusian gymnast Alina Aransko to win the gold.

Linoy Ashram

Israel's rhythmic gymnastics team takes gold in European Championship

Israel's senior rhythmic gymnastic group won the gold medal with 67.575 points, Azerbaijan the silver with 66.3 points, and Ukraine bronze with 63.7 points.

RHYTHMIC GYMNAST Linoy Ashram captured a gold medal for Israel yesterday at the European Games. Ashram has four overall medals so far in Minsk

Israeli gyms reopen after COVID-19 shutdown, owners feel the burn

Hundreds of fitness centers resumed working under the Health Ministry’s COVID-19 guidelines * owners report a 30% decrease in business due to job uncertainty.

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Aly Raisman confirms that she will not compete in 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Raisman posted a video of herself as a young gymnast titled “Never underestimate the power of a kid’s dream” and mused in the letter about what she would tell her 8-year-old self.

Aly Raisman

Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman will appear in “Charlie’s Angels”

Fellow Olympian and snowboarder Chloe Kim also is making a cameo in the film

Aly Raisman

Israel's golden acrobats shine

Blue-and-white athletes off to soaring start at European Championships in Holon

Odem Gadron, Or Avraham, Or Stromaier and Maor Nekvah won gold for Israel in the age 11-16 competition.

Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat wins silver at World Championships

It is Dolgopyat’s second silver medal at the World Championship, after winning one in 2017.

Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat

Europe’s top acrobats to perform in Holon

Delegations from 27 European countries and more than 1,000 participants will take part, including some of the best gymnasts and teams in the world, as well as many visitors.

The ISRAEL acrobatics team visited the Peres Center for Peace this week and posed on the ‘Dream Big’ installation ahead of the European Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships, to be held in Holon later this month

Gymnast Keleti survived Holocaust, won 10 Olympic medals, now she's 98

Agility, defiance and humor are traits that helped Keleti, 98, survive the Holocaust.

Agnes Keleti training a student at the Wingate Institute in Israel