Jordan? I didn’t realise they had much of a gymnastics team.
Jordan? I didn’t realise they had much of a gymnastics team.
You’ve entirely missed the point
If it were a country it would have no budget at all and would not get a medal. Unless it had a unique talent such as Saint Lucia.
These universities don’t exist outside of the gigantic state apparatus that makes the US successful.
Your first sentence belies a misunderstanding. It is one because of the facts I laid out. It was not always, they simply could not get players to turn up.
Who cares about the MLS? I’m talking about the top countries in the world. There’s one player in the MLS anyone would regard as world class and he’s ready to retire.
Spain do not care about it as evidenced by the muted reaction to their win.
You can’t say any football tournament in which most European nations barely send even two top players is of any great value.
I am English, have lived in France and Sweden, and in none of these places was it seen as anything other than a waste of time.
Football (soccer) in the Olympics is not valued by the majority of countries that are very good at it. It’s not even considered a third tier international achievement. Most professional teams don’t release their players to play and it just ends up being youth players a few more aged stars that have negotiated a temporary leave from their clubs.
In short, no one is seriously trying to win Olympic medals in football.
No, it’s Marianne the symbol of the French Republic