Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL) · 1 month agoTIL that, not only does every country have an Olympic team, but there is a team for refugees without a country, tooolympics.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkTIL that, not only does every country have an Olympic team, but there is a team for refugees without a country, tooolympics.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL) · 1 month agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaretunetardislinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoMy understanding is that Russian athletes have been competing as independents, which is a different category from refugees. But apparently, they have been barred from competing in events that also include Ukrainians.
My understanding is that Russian athletes have been competing as independents, which is a different category from refugees. But apparently, they have been barred from competing in events that also include Ukrainians.