For me it’s simple. You compete for the country where you do the majority of your training.
For me it’s simple. You compete for the country where you do the majority of your training.
Raddison wrote:
1101 wrote:
Not really significant since if this had been the rule then each of these folks would simply have registered to vote.
Have you checked their ages?
Oh, good point. I had not thought of that.
Thanks for the correction.
This is also an issue in Futbol (soccer) where a person who has never been to or lived in a country is eligible to play for their National Soccer Team in the WC, Olympics, or other nat team event (gold cup). The requirements are different but lets face it they are only mercenaries. They may be unable to make their country's team and will slide over to another country if they can. The only harm I see is that they deny another 'domestic' runner/player a spot in that event/team. If a country's 5k runners all come to say Denmark by way of Africa how would that affect the domestic runners? I like the idea of letting anyone in the top 10 rankings compete in the Olympics as an individual. For the USA the olympics have become more of a 'look at me and my cause' rather than 'Look at what a great country we represent' anyway. Maybe they should all just wear shirts with their youtube channel or website, or cause.
I saw a woman named O'Toole on the mound today for the Mexican Softball team.
you can’t be whatever Alexis papas is. What a disgrace.
Nonsense wrote:
This list is stupid. You’d leave no place for refugees from war torn countries who were recently naturalized or DACA recipients.
And what problem exactly is this designed to solve?
You really buy into the idea that the modern nation-state is somehow natural and not the relatively modern invention that it is. Learn history and learn compassion, you fool.
Compassion lol. Clown
Everything else I agree with though.
It’s a bit harsh.
More along the aligns: if you compete in the trails of one country you are not eligible to compete for another country (if you don’t make it) and if you do switch affliations you must sit out or compete unaffiliated for one cycle.
To me this would have taking care of Lexi papas which still grinds my gears a bit. Her exploitation of running for Greece to make the trails while still living in a United States is what needs to be stopped. She is still not a true Olympic athlete to me and a hustler.
OlympicMedalChaser wrote:
6. You can only compete for one country in the Olympics over your career/lifetime(no switching teams)
I’ve always felt that Bernard Lagat was a ringer (Two olympics with Kenya). I’m not sure why he didn’t keep competing for Kenya while living in the US (ex. Nick Willis).
Really nice guy regardless. Handed me his shoes at Millrose one time.
downandout12 wrote:
It’s a bit harsh.
More along the aligns: if you compete in the trails of one country you are not eligible to compete for another country (if you don’t make it) and if you do switch affliations you must sit out or compete unaffiliated for one cycle.
To me this would have taking care of Lexi papas which still grinds my gears a bit. Her exploitation of running for Greece to make the trails while still living in a United States is what needs to be stopped. She is still not a true Olympic athlete to me and a hustler.
Pappas is greek she has every right to represent them
I will start from the bottom up.
5. Language: In many countries, people born in the country don't even know to speak the nation's language at a HS level. some countries have many languages. This one is a problem where we are actually imposing an education standard on one group of athletes that is not applied to another group of athletes.
4. What makes a combat role more valuable than a frontline covid worker or a teacher or a cop or firefighter?
3. Lived in a country at least 50 percent of one's life. Are you going to apply this to Americans who were born in America but their parents took them to live overseas? 50% has a different meaning based on the age a person. it allows a 20 year old with 10 years living in a country but disallows a 37 year old living 18 years in a country. That creates another inconsistent standard.
1. Many countries allow dual citizenship. What gives the IOC or any sporting body the right to tell a country which allows one of its citizens the right to run for public office, that it cannot have that person represent them in a sporting event?
Every country has its citizenship requirement. When the IOC or any alphabet soup organization sets up a list of rules regarding eligibility to represent a country. they are overstepping their authority and literally imposing into the national sovereignty of that country. Now let's keep in mind that the IOC has a very strict rule about national governments interfering with the local Olympic association. So it's hypocritical for them to interfere in a country's citizenship process. If a country decides a person should be a citizen, and is fit to represent them, what gives an international sporting body the right to supersede that, and proclaim that person is unfit to represent that country?