Numbering at least 47 athletes, Israel's team for Rio is its largest-ever Olympic delegation.

Biden, Fleming and Flowers are all part of the U.S. Olympic delegation attending the Vancouver Games.

They may also have been given information by Stasi agents working within the East German Olympic delegation.

Media reports from London suggested that, for the first time, every country's Olympic delegation included female athletes.

The Reuters news agency originally confirmed the identity of the athlete with a Russian Olympic delegation spokesman.

A North Korean Olympic delegation to Pyeongchang could include cheerleaders as well as athletes, according to Yonhap.

Spitzer was not reassured, and made repeated phone calls to the head of Israeli Olympic delegation seeking confirmation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who met the Olympic delegation later, said the events of Munich had damaged the Olympic ethos.

Host towns along the western and southern seaboards should not have to pay the internal transport costs of Special Olympic delegations.

The Russian Olympic delegation has said it could not explain how meldonium had ended up in Krushelnitsky's body and pledged to investigate.

The Russian Olympic delegation said it could not explain how meldonium ended up in Krushelnitckii's body and that it was launching an investigation.

Also haunting Germany are memories of the 11 members of the Israeli Olympic delegation taken hostage and later killed at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.