Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 5 months 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-up197arrow-down16cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up191arrow-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)@lemmy.ca · 5 months agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months 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-down5·5 months agodon’t most athletes don’t represent their government but just re[resent the people of their country?
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months 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