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Health: deadly pollution on a planetary scale
Health: deadly pollution on a planetary scale
(France 2)
The United States, Iran and Israel will be among the most closely watched delegations during the fortnight of the Olympic Games in Paris. Israel works closely with French authorities to ensure the safety of its athletes.
This is the official photo of the Israeli delegation. 200 members, including nearly 80 athletes, pose. Everyone is ready for the Paris Olympics, between calls for boycott and terrorist threat. “I am not afraid, I have confidence in the country that receives me. I’m going to give my best and I hope everything goes well.”explains one of them.
Israeli athletes were mentally prepared for a disrupted competition: insults or boos. “I can’t hear what’s going on around me. I listen to my coaches, what I have in my head. The public can shout at me, I do my best with all my heart”, describes Raz Hershko, judo champion. Security in Paris will be maximum, with the war in Gaza and the trauma of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
