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Originally Posted by chillibowl
what is the Olympic standard?
i want to say its something like an athlete can compete under any flag they choose to provided their citizenship (naturalization) for that country happens legally and is completed X amount of time before the event and that the reason for changing citizenship was not purely done for financial reasons and in cases of dual citizenship the athlete is free to choose.
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The only requirement is to be a national of that country.
So for example:
Child's birth registered in Belgium.
One parent Irish, one parent French.
Moves to Australia and takes Australian citizenship.
Could then represent Belgium, Ireland, France or Australia in an Olympic Games. (Unless those nations' individual regulations restricted multiple citizenship.
To represent a different nation, then a 3yr gap is required.