Published: 14 December 2018
Last updated: 5 March 2024
IN THE SPAN of just a couple days, Chaim Raice went from never having been on a bobsled to being a contender to represent Israel in the 2022 Winter Olympics. And it all started with a Facebook post.
Raice, a house builder based in Pomona, New York, was browsing the social media site in November when he saw a post saying that the Israeli bobsled team was in need of another athlete to compete in the North American Cup beginning that month.
He thought it was a joke, but he still reached out. Though Raice, 46, had little knowledge of bobsled, he had participated in several other sports as an amateur, and his Israeli citizenship meant he qualified to compete for the country.
FULL STORY Israel has a bobsled team, and it wants to compete in the Olympics (JTA)
Photo: Israeli bobsledders Arone Zaff and John Frank take a turn during the America's Cup bobsled race in Park City in 2004 (AP)
