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For Laetitia Beck, golfing in the Olympics is about more than the competition.

As the only Israeli golfer on the LPGA Tour, the 24-year-old regularly represents her country abroad while playing in high pressure situations. But she hopes competing in the Olympics will show the world there’s more to her country than war and politics.