Northern Rhodesia became the independent country Zambia on October 24, 1964, the final day of the 1964 Summer Games.
only this one , she had to miss Beijing because of a injury
A lot, I know that! :) I know Canada doesn't participate that much in SUMMER olympics because they usually are really awesome in the WINTER olympics.
The Republic of Macedonia, playing under the name FYR Macedonia because of an idiotic objection by Greece, first participated in the Summer Olympics in 1996, and first participated in Winter Olympics in 1998. To date (January 2009), the country has won one bronze medal.
100 times because you yes you rock and can make the bestest ham sandwich in the world *kiss,kiss*
because
Every time except for one year when it was held in Moscow and they were ordered not to go because of the cold war and the feud between USA and the soviet union
Deaf people play in the deaflympics which is there own olympics set for Deaf individuals only who have a hearing loss of 55 decibels or more in their good ear. Deaf athletes are not allowed to play in the paralympics because they are not physically disabled.
there was another war because the British got angry because we had a lot of equipment we won that war too
Umm... no, because it is a place to remember Texas fighting for their independence in, San Antonio. Umm... no, because it is a place to remember Texas fighting for their independence in, San Antonio.
Because they wanted independence so that Ireland could rule itself, not be ruled by Another Country.
21 African countries boycotted the 1971 (i think that was the year) Olympics because of south africas racist views and new zealand letting the south African rugby tour proceed 81 nations participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
The 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan spurred Jimmy Carter to issue an ultimatum on January 20, 1980 that the United States would boycott the Moscow Olympics if Soviet troops did not withdraw from Afghanistan within one month. Sixty-five countries did not participate in the Olympics despite being invited. While some of these may not have participated because of the boycott, some did not participate for economic reasons.