Is Sue Bird one of the greatest Jewish athletes of all time? Perhaps.
The basketball legend has won gold medals with the US women’s basketball team in the last four yes, four Olympics. (The team has not lost at the games since 1992.) Bird, now 40, is back for her fifth, and likely last, Olympics.
US athlete Sue Bird, right, is defended during the first half of a women’s exhibition basketball game against Canada in Bridgeport, Conn., in this Friday, July 29, 2016, file photo. Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi will try and become the first five-time Olympic gold medalists in basketball as they lead the US women’s team at the Tokyo Games. (AP/Jessica Hill)
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Disney Channel last week ran a Passover public service announcement (PSA) that replaced the traditional Jewish phrase “Next year in.
Paltchik took gold in the European Judo Championships’ under-100 kg division in Prague in Nov. 2020. He also has gold medals from the 2020 Paris Grand Slam, 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, 2020 European Judo Championships and four Grand Prix tournaments.
The Israeli athlete posted a short clip on Instagram following his bout with Gasimov and, showing that there is no bad blood between the two opponents, the Azeri fighter commented on the video saying, “Crazy Fight. Congratulations Bro! You Are Champ.”
On Jan. 9, days before the tournament began, Paltchik posted on Twitter a video of him standing outside in Doha, on the property of his hotel, and captioned the clip “Welcome to Qatar.” Soon after, the comments section was filled with hate messages directed toward the athlete, such as “YOU ALL ARE NOOOT WELCOME IN QATAR! WE DON’T WANT ANYONE