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Sports The Jewish Sport Report: A Jewish recap of the opening week of the 2024 Paris Olympics
The biggest Jewish story of the 2024 Paris Olympics so far may be Jessica Fox, the Australian canoe paddler
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Sports American Jewish teen Claire Weinstein wins silver medal in 4×200-meter freestyle relay
Weinstein, 17, won her medal alongside U.S. Olympic legend Katie Ledecky
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Fast Forward Jewish Australian paddler Jessica Fox wins another gold medal in Paris
Fox now has three career gold medals, including two in the canoe slalom single competition
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Fast Forward Jewish rugby player Sarah Levy wins bronze medal in historic US victory
Levy is playing in her first Olympics. She first tried rugby in college in 2014
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Fast Forward Those viral images of Israeli Olympians advocating to ‘Bring them home’ are not actually from the Olympics
A video of Israeli gymnasts and an image of Israeli swimmers have gone viral this week, but neither are from the Paris Olympics, as many are claiming
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Fast Forward Nick Itkin wins bronze in Paris, becoming first of Jewish fencers to medal
Itkin also won bronze in the team competition at the 2020 Tokyo Games
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Fast Forward French police investigating death threats targeting Israeli Olympians
Members of Israel’s Olympic delegation had received messages prior to the Paris games saying “we intend to repeat the events of Munich 1972."
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Fast Forward Jewish Australian paddler Jessica Fox wins second career Olympic gold medal
The four-time Olympian is now a five-time medalist, with two events still to come this week
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