Israel’s team took part in the first two heats of the competition on Saturday, but was the slowest sled to complete both runs. The plan collapsed when Israeli team officials found out what they were doing and immediately suspended the bobsled team. “The Olympic Committee of Israel views any deviation from the Olympic values as unacceptable and cannot accept inappropriate behavior. Advertisement“I apologize profusely for the disappointment,” Edelman wrote on X. The Milan Cortina Olympics were the country’s Olympic debut in bobsled.