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
I’ve thought about this before and I would 100% represent the Philippines in something over the USA but I would only be hesitant to do so for the reasons others have said regarding not being good enough to make it for USA. Even if that were true for my hypothetical scenario, it would NOT be the reason I choose to represent Philippines over USA.
I’m that type of modern American who identifies themselves by their state and ethnicity first rather than which country my mom was in when the 9 months were up.