Within 24 hours, 11 Israelis, five Palestinians and a German policeman were dead after a standoff and subsequent rescue effort erupted into gunfire. This was almost double the previous number of 47 athletes who represented Israel at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. 5, 1972, members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage at the poorly secured athletes’ village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group. Israel competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with its largest contingent to date a delegation of 90 athletes, 55 men and 35 women, who competed in 15 different sports. "One group still holds a strong place in all our memories and stand for all those we have lost at the games - the members of the Israeli delegation at the Olympic Games Munich 1972," the announcer added as the stadium darkened and a soft blue light illuminated parts of the arena. Israel's Linoy Ashram caused a huge upset in the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final, becoming the first non-Russian champion since 1996. "We, the Olympic community, also remember all the Olympians and members of our community who have so sadly left us, in particular we remember those who lost their lives during the Olympic Games," said an announcer during the opening ceremony. The families of the 11 killed had long asked the International Olympic Committee to hold a minute`s silence at a Games opening ceremony but had been turned down for almost half a century. Tokyo Olympics: Chinese shooter Yang Qian takes first gold medal of Games Chinas Yang Qian is the first gold medalist of Tokyo 2020 after winning the 10-metre air rifle.
The move was welcomed by relatives of the victims and the government of Israel. TOKYO: Israeli Olympic team members killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics were remembered during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on Friday with a moment of silence, the first time in 49 years this has happened.
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