For a while, Iraq was banned from the Games thanks to a disagreement between its national Olympic committee and IOC. But that has since been resolved and Team Iraq is back in. Iraq made its Olympics debut in 1948 and has only one medal so far - a bronze in weightlifting in 1960. The war-torn country is now sending two track-and-field athletes. It's reported that more than 100 athletes have been killed in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thank you for commenting on -Chopsticks-, a personal blog that touches on pop culture. Kindly note that I will comment back on your blog (on your latest blog post) as soon as I possibly can, unless I'm not online.
Rules:
1. Kindly avoid promotional/non-sense/unrelated comments as this can be reason for deletion of your comments.
2. Avoid commenting with "nice post"/"thanks for sharing", or the likes. Kindly just read the post and comment something about it.
3. Replying with some facts/rumors or other info related to the post is well appreciated too.
Your comments always make my day(s) feel special and appreciated and each comment will be followed up as well. Thank you and have a wonderful day ahead~