Today the opening ceremony of the XXXI Olympic Games is being held in Rio.

This year 306 sets of medals will be given to athletes from 207 countries at the competitions – it is a record number in the history.

If the other teams are just preparing for competitions, Israel has already won even before the official start: this year, the safety of all participants of the Olympic Games will be provided by the Israeli company ISDS. We can say that Israelis have already won the first “gold”, because they have passed this obstacle and won among other strong security teams.

ISDS is quite a small company, its staff includes 15 people, but they were able to get ahead of the best and largest security companies of the world and received a budget of $ 2.2 billion. Within three years, ISDS has been demonstrating its ability to win the tender in Rio. And before that, the Israelis had to work there in Brazil at the World Cup in 2014, at the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992, in Sydney in 2000, in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008.

To ensure the safety of participants and guests of the Olympics the ISDS company has employed more than 30 sub-contractors - also Israelis. And of course, the most advanced Israeli equipment will be used in Rio. Already, the city is being air patrolled by the Israeli drones, cameras monitor potentially dangerous individuals on the streets. The same thing will happen in all the stadiums, grounds and swimming pools, on all roads and routes, beaches and in the Olympic Village. In addition, the Israelis will keep the situation in airports, railway stations, ports, on the streets, in hotels and public places. In short, it is the Israeli security.

Even before the games the Israeli experts conducted a training course and trainings for 10,000 Brazilian policemen: they told their Brazilian colleagues, how to behave in high-risk situations, how to ensure security in mass gatherings of people. They have brought a unique program to Brazil, which searches a crowd of people with strange behavior. The Israelis have brought a lot of different equipment and safety programs, but of course, they will not talk fully about it.

It is interesting that they do not like Israel in Brazil. I would say they intensively dislike. I'm not talking about ordinary citizens - here everyone has their own preferences – I am talking about a political and intellectual elite. It has happened historically. Even in the last few years international scandals spiked between the countries. But at the same time Brazilians called the best – Israelis - to defend the country from the real threats, knowing that in the security issues there is no room for compromises or insults.

I wish brilliant victories at the Olympic Games to the Ukrainian and Israeli athletes: they can confidently think only about sport - safety will be ensured by Israelis.