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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach addresses a ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the deadly attack on the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by a Palestinian militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The head of the International Olympic Committee has apologized for the organization's longtime failure to commemorate 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Bach said the Palestinian attack in Munich was one of "the darkest days in Olympic history" and an assault on the Olympic Games and its values. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
IOC chief sorry for not honoring 1972 Olympic attack victims

Sep. 21, 2022 01:15 PM EDT

Artem Dolgopyat, de Israel, posa tras ganar la medalla de oro en gimnasia artística en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio, el domingo 1 de agosto de 2021. (AP Foto/Gregory Bull)
Olympian Dolgopyat arrives home to hero's welcome in Israel

By Laurie Kellman Aug. 03, 2021 07:31 AM EDT

Israel Olympic baseball player Danny Valencia takes batting practice at Salt River Fields spring training facility, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Israel has qualified for the six-team baseball tournament at the Tokyo Olympic games which will be its first appearance at the Olympics in any team sport since 1976. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Chasing baseball gold: Israeli team has big dreams for Tokyo

By David Brandt May. 14, 2021 03:28 PM EDT

Israeli Olympic racewalker Shaul Ladany holds his 1972's Olympic race shoes for a portrait in Omer, Israel, Sunday, July 12, 2020. In an instant, the world record holder in the 50-mile walk was thrust into one of sports’ greatest tragedies and a seminal moment in modern history _ the kidnapping and massacre of his fellow Israeli team members at the 1972 Munich Olympics. The killing shocked the world, gave the Palestinian cause an audience and ushered in a new era of global terrorism. Ladany, a Holocaust survivor, the lessons still linger. He says it taught him to “never be afraid” but become “more careful.” AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
CORRECTION: Israeli racer recalls surviving Munich massacre

By Aron Heller Aug. 07, 2020 10:34 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 1972, file photo, West German middle distance runner, junior athlete Guenther Zahn (18), stands near the Olympic flame he lit above the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. (AP Photo/File)
Israeli team's massacre overshadows sports at 1972 Olympics

By Aron Heller Aug. 07, 2020 10:33 AM EDT