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@mghrn55 saidOf course it doesn’t you know he loves freedom and hates totalitarian types
And that troubles you ?
@mghrn55 saidOf course it doesn’t you know he loves freedom and hates totalitarian types
And that troubles you ?
The post that was quoted here has been removedThe NCAA and many high ranking officials in the AAU (when there was one) tried to make the case that since Mohinder Singh Gill represented India in international competition, he should not be allowed to represent an American University in NCAA track and field competition. I don't know how (or if) this was resolved, but it caused a minor uproar back in the day.
@divegeester saidMany people acquire citizenship by naturalisation later in life. I am a dual national myself.
To no extent whatsoever, your nationality is your nationality based on your birth certificate.
The post that was quoted here has been removedWhy should a legitimate student not be allowed to represent one's university?
@teinosuke saidOk, my answer is still the same though.
Many people acquire citizenship by naturalisation later in life. I am a dual national myself.
In any case, a birth certificate doesn't usually list the child's nationality and isn't in itself proof of nationality except in countries offering unlimited birthright citizenship, which certainly isn't the case for Britain, nor anywhere else in Europe since Malta and Ireland a ...[text shortened]... li[/i] citizenship policies early in this century, nor in most other countries outside the Americas.
The post that was quoted here has been removedI’m in two minds about it.
@mghrn55 saidYes, of course.
And that troubles you ?
@kevcvs57 saidI hate liars, Kev, but I don't say "throw them in jail" - y'all can say what you want. Doesn't mean I have to embrace it, though.
Of course it doesn’t you know he loves freedom and hates totalitarian types
@blood-on-the-tracks saidI remember her big race quite well.
@divegeester
The whole Zola Budd farce was, as D64 says, fuelled by a newspaper.
As a sports fan in the UK at the time, I just thought it was a charade. If she won Gold at the Olympics, they weren't GB medals.
As it was, at the very highest challenge, she was found wanting. Having said that, when running under less exacting circumstances, she set times that still stand in the UK records.