‘We have 15 seconds to get into the shelter because of the rockets - we don’t want to live like this’ - Training for the WorldTour near the Gaza Strip

Military service, the threat of rockets, and climbing around Jerusalem - 21-year-old Omer Lahav is chasing his dream against the odds

Omer Lahav
(Image credit: Israel Start-Up Nation/Jean Chris Kitoko)

“I was on Zwift and my brother came into my room shouting get into the shelter,” said Omer Lahav, an emerging talent from a small village in Israel. 

Lahav was telling me about the chaos of training to be a professional rider when you live on the border of Israel and Gaza, living under the ever-present threat of rockets falling from the skies. 

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