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-up188arrow-down16
arrow-up182arrow-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-square14fedilink
minus-squaretunetardis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months 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.