Israeli bobsled pilot says team apartment burgled during Olympics training

Sweden team staff check the course during a cross country training session at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Updated 08 February 2026
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Israeli bobsled pilot says team apartment burgled during Olympics training

  • The Israeli bobsled team have had “thousands of dollars” of personal items and passports stolen from their apartment
  • International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said: “I understand that this was in a pre-Games lodging and therefore was not within our zone

MILAN: The Israeli bobsled team have had “thousands of dollars” of personal items and passports stolen from their apartment during training for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, according to a team member.
“While training for the Olympics the @israelbobsled apartment was broken into during their training, thousands of dollars of stuff and passports were stolen. What a season...,” AJ Edelman wrote on X.
It was not immediately clear which country the apartment was in, though Italian media said it was not Italy.
A map that appears to be of Prague can be seen in the room in a photograph posted by Edelman.
“Such a gross violation — suitcases, shoes, equipment, passports stolen, and the boys headed right back to training today,” Eldelman wrote.
The team is in training for its first Olympic event on February 16, he said.
International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said: “I understand that this was in a pre-Games lodging and therefore was not within our zone.
“Also, the most important thing is to say that we support them. We will do what we can.
“If they need any help, we will obviously do that.”