In many sports there is a series of "origin" competitions, in which the athlete must represent their birthplace (province/state/country) EVEN IF they now live elsewhere.
Do you think that for the Olympics, athletes should represent their country of ORIGIN not the country they have adopted?
By doing this, we would see less poaching of great athletes from poor countries but a sit would only apply for the Olympics and not the World Championships or pro circuit, the athletes could still benefit financially from a move to a richer country to represent them for those comps.
I would be interested in your thoughts.
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