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Is there a team for California in the Olympics?

• dragontamer 4y ago
  Is there a team for Russia in the Olympics? This sounds like a rather arbitrary measurement.
  • lesuorac 4y ago
    > Is there a team for Russia in the Olympics? Wasn't there? Or were athletes called "Russian Olympic Committee" not the Russian team?
    • dragontamer 4y ago
      The Russian team was banned in 2018 and 2021 due to the doping scandals. ROC was an independent organization that didn't technically represent Russia.
      • lesuorac 4y ago
        Who else would they represent? Ethnic Russians instead of National Russians? Pretending that Russia actually faced punishment for doping is asine. Russia the country had total control over what athletes were sent by ROC as well as said athletes still had to be Russians and they wore the national colors of Russia and the athletes often (always?) sang the Russian anthem for their medal (regardless of w/e music was actually being played)