Derailed75
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That does kinda suck that some of the best won't even make the Olymipc team because their team mates are better than them. But I think someone participating for say Sudan should be Sudanese either born or naturalized and no longer allowed to participate for the old country.eh yes and no on the last point. Let's take swimming as an example. If it were the best (insert number here) in the world that qualified for a given event were automatically entered regardless of nationality that would be one thing, but that's not the case: it's typically 2 per event per country for men's and women's, aside from freestyle which is the 6 best since the relays are a thing in the 100 and 200M. It's quite conceivable that someone that's one of literally the 10 best in the world at say the 100M backstroke would have had no chance in hell at making the US Olympic team. I have no problem if said athlete wants to go through the whole process of switching to representing say USVI or Ireland if they're legally capable of being a passport holder for those countries so that they can compete rather than being an inevitable "also ran" at their countries qualifications knowing they won't beat a Michael Phelps or Ryan Lochte to get into the top 2.
Also with all this being said I was actually speaking about the 2 Africans on the Chinese or Japanese (I can't remember which one) women's basketball team.
Not a huge deal just a minor annoyance.