The 17th Maccabiah continues to receive media attention across the world, even as it nears its completion. Predictably, perhaps, local media are playing up the accomplishments of their athletes. Following are a range of links to current stories in global online media about Maccabiah athletes, sorted by country:

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Argentina

• Federación Argentina de Centros Comunitarios Macabeos
  

Canada

• Fichman going for tennis gold
• Canada picks up Maccabiah medals
• Canada's justice minister Irwin Cotler competes at Maccabiah Games
• Canada picks up four medals in triathlon at Maccabiah Games
• Maccabi Canada website
  

Israel

• Official Maccabiah website
• Maccabi World Union website

• Shenar Helps Israel To Gold At Maccabiah Games  

  
  

South Africa

• Good medal haul for SA in Israel
  

United Kingdom

• Maccabi U.K. website 
  

USA

• Kirshner's U.S. Squad Wins Three Straight at 17th Maccabiah Games
• Let the Games Begin (includes list of L.A.-area Maccabians)
• Karper lives out dream at Maccabiah Games
• 17th Maccabiah opens in Israel
• Yony Noy To Represent U.S. At Maccabiah Games
• Former local high school swimmer wins medals at Maccabiah Games (second item) 
• Swinging a Golden Racquet 
• Wolfpack Swimmer Dan Velez Named to World Maccabiah Games -

• Maccabiah Games: America Fields Largest Team in Games' History

• The Jewish olympics
• Maccabi USA website
  

Medal Count1

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Israel	226	192	171	589
USA	71	81	67	219
Australia	3	7	25	35
Brazil	4	1	5	10
Argentina	3	4	6	13
Mexico	1	6	19	26
Canada	11	15	21	47
S. Africa	12	8	8	28
Azerbaijan	0	0	3	3
France	1	4	3	8
Georgia	1	1	1	2
UK	1	8	14	23
Hungary	2	2	4	8
Poland	0	1	0	1
Russia	15	18	18	51
Turkey	0	0	1	1
Ukraine	5	2	3	10
Venezuela	4	3	2	9
India	0	0	1	1
Italy	1	0	0	1
Portugal	1	0	1	2
Germany	2	5	2	9
Latvia	1	1	0	2
Belarus	1	0	0	1
Chile	0	0	1	1
Sweden	0	1	3	4
Netherlands	2	0	1	3
Romania	0	0	1	1
Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Costa Rica	0	0	1	1