A handful of diverse athletes — a pole-vaulter, sprinter, shot-putter, rugby player, and former Olympian in skeleton — will compete as Israel's first bobsled team during this year's Milan Cortina Winter Games, unlikely ambassadors of their diplomatically isolated nation. Another founding member of the team, Ward Farwaseh, will likely to be the first Druze Olympian. The athletes say they are proud to represent Israel.
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