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-squarekent_ehlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoThere is a team of athletes who live in Russia, but they’re competing as independent athletes from Russia. They are not representing the Russian government.
minus-squareDon_Dickle@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·1 month agodon’t most athletes don’t represent their government but just re[resent the people of their country?
minus-squarekent_ehlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoTechnically they represent their country’s Olympic committee
There is a team of athletes who live in Russia, but they’re competing as independent athletes from Russia. They are not representing the Russian government.
don’t most athletes don’t represent their government but just re[resent the people of their country?
Technically they represent their country’s Olympic committee