curious if your country has a star athlete that chooses to represent the country of their parent/grandparent or however long ago it was. Do you still root for them?
Additionally if you’re the country that that athlete is representing do you feel they’re worthy of being the standard bearer for your nation during the Olympics or do you feel they’re taking the spot of a true local who might be similarly deserving?
Examples like the French gymnast who represented Algeria, or the Irish marathoner reprinting Australia, or last winter there was an American snowboarding for China, cases like those
It depends for me. I always like to say culture is more important than blood. You could be 90% German, but if you haven’t lived a moment of your life in Germany, you are not German to me. You could be 5% German, but if you’ve lived here for 10 years and understand the intricacies of our society I am willing to accept you as German.
Technically, I could identify as French, Guyanan or Tanzanian (based on my blood), but I prefer to identify as German. Why? I’ve lived here my entire life, I speak the language, I live like my fellow countrymen and women. If the same goes for any fellow German who may have not been born here then I invite them to identify as German.
And anyone that identifies as German should be able to compete for Germany.