Yep Olympics stopped being national crew based decades ago. It's original purpose was lost as well.
It was meant to be used as effectively a pissing pot for war. You would send a contingency of your soldiers to compete as gladiators and it would demonstrate your armies abilities and strength. Effectively holding up a big sign "Fuck around and see.".
Then they slowly started training specialist units just for Olympics, then like other sports poaching people.
Is it ? My girlfriend was watching Figure skating, and this guy was skating for Israel, but lived and trained in the US and was born in Ukraine.
I asked : "What does Israel have to do with it ?"
The Olympics seem to work with mercanaries. Half the Chinese women's hockey team isn't even Chinese.
Yep Olympics stopped being national crew based decades ago. It's original purpose was lost as well.
It was meant to be used as effectively a pissing pot for war. You would send a contingency of your soldiers to compete as gladiators and it would demonstrate your armies abilities and strength. Effectively holding up a big sign "Fuck around and see.".
Then they slowly started training specialist units just for Olympics, then like other sports poaching people.