A ‘Durango’ Olympic hopeful for Israel

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A ‘Durango’ Olympic hopeful for Israel

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Rotem Ishay began riding mountain bikes when he was 9 years old in Tel Aviv, Israel. “I got pretty good at it pretty quickly,” Ishay said. “It was kind of my escape to freedom.”
Rotem Ishay, an Israeli native, won multiple national championships as a mountain biker at Fort Lewis College in Durango. He hopes to ride for the Israeli mountain bike team in the 2016 Olympics.
From Tel Aviv, Israel, to Durango, Rotem Ishay was a star cyclist at Fort Lewis College, but he never forgot his homeland. He’s won national championships in Israel, and he hopes to represent his native country in the 2016 Rio de Janiero Games.

A ‘Durango’ Olympic hopeful for Israel

Ishay
Rotem Ishay began riding mountain bikes when he was 9 years old in Tel Aviv, Israel. “I got pretty good at it pretty quickly,” Ishay said. “It was kind of my escape to freedom.”
Rotem Ishay, an Israeli native, won multiple national championships as a mountain biker at Fort Lewis College in Durango. He hopes to ride for the Israeli mountain bike team in the 2016 Olympics.
From Tel Aviv, Israel, to Durango, Rotem Ishay was a star cyclist at Fort Lewis College, but he never forgot his homeland. He’s won national championships in Israel, and he hopes to represent his native country in the 2016 Rio de Janiero Games.
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