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As the 'groan' was immediately after my attempt at a light-hearted post (along the lines of others on here), I took it as a response to my poor pun, and as I think it was aimed directly at me (well, my post), I didn't think it was nasty (and I'm usually a sensitive soul!). We have a month between Grands Prix, without any real news we have to do something to keep ourselves entertained
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BTW: we could have also had the same discussion about Nico Rosberg: why is the son of Finnish legend Keke German? |
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Unconvincing Drug-taking-denial cyclist Bradley Wiggins is Belgian too!
Nico Rosberg was born in Germany, from a German mother, lived in Germany and spoke German. Ergo, he is German. |
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In unrelated news, I have a friend who was born in the USA (so American) to British parents (so also British) who emigrated to Canada umpteen years back and has gone through the naturalisation process (so is also Canadian). Beat that, Belgians! |
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Born in Belgium, Belgian mother, lived in Belgium and speaks both Belgian languages. So Ergo is Belgian as well as German! (Is it page 10 yet? And who is Ergo?) |
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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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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. |
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So in future, could we see Verstappen do a Jos Lansink?
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What about the most multi national Bertrand Gachot, who raced under European nationality
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don't forget Romain Grosjean, born in Gevena, Swiss father , Fench mother but races under French flag.
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Frentzen is Spanish on his mother’s side. And Jenson Button’s mother is South African
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The Ten Tenths forums really are a mine of information aren't they?
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It's a flag, here you go:
The Olympic flag has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red. This design is symbolic; it represents the five continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colours are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time. |
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