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In a now-deleted viral Winter Olympics clip, a Swiss commentator could be heard calling out a bobsledder from Israel for his 'support of the genocide in Gaza'. On Monday (February 16), Adam Edelman was competing in the two-man bobsled heats at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games when commentator Stefan Renna called him out.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — AJ Edelman and Menachem Chen are in last place out of 26 sleds at the midway point of the Olympic two-man bobsled race at the Milan Cortina Games. And they’re thrilled.

With eyes already on upcoming four-man race, team pilot AJ Edelman says after wrapping up first event that 'we're very proud -- Israel is in the Olympics, baby!' The post Jubilant Israeli team celebrates last-place finish in Olympic 2-man bobsleigh event appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Footage has been killed and the United States has reacted with fury after a TV commentator’s protest sparked a storm at the Winter Olympics.

A Swiss commentator has accused a member of the Israeli bobsleigh team of supporting “genocide in Gaza” and questioned the presence at the Winter Games of Israeli athletes who support the war.

Swiss sports commentator Stefan Renna launched a fierce attack at the Israeli bobsleigh team and its captain, AJ (Adam) Edelman, during the RTS broadcast of Monday’s two-man competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

The Israeli Embassy accused an Olympic broadcaster of "spreading slander" when he criticized athletes on-air over their alleged stances on the war in Gaza.