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You are wrong about him being the only Olympic and Paralympic medalist. Randy Snow USA accomplished this too with a Silver in the 84 Olympics and a Gold in the 92 Paras.

Thank you for sharing his story. Greetings from Hungary.

You dont know about south african swimmer

My favorite part of the opening ceremonies is when the athletes come out and wave to people it's riveting.

Monaco has been in the most Olympics without winning a medal in a sporting event.

Idea for a video:Countries that greatly improved thier medal count over the years such as obviously China,France,Italy and countries that regressed like Bulgaria,Romania,Austria,Finland there are lot of factors behind both reasons

I like how you ended the video focusing on accessibility ❣️

Excellent video , your new focus of the channel is spot on 👏👏👏..and what a romantic figure , I love romance , specially romantic stories and this is one of the best ❤🙏🤺

Suggestion for a video: Athletes who represented three or more countries. A few examples: - Allison Reed, figure skating: born in the US to a Japanese mother, Reed represented Georgia at the 2010 Winter Olympics because that was her then skating partner's country and she was given a Georgian passport. Due to partnerships changes, she then represented Israel and later Lithuania for whom she won a bronze medal at this year's championships. She couldn't get Lithuanian citizenship on time for the 2022 Winter Olympics, but she's planning to end her career at the 2026 Winter Olympics representing that country. - Yamilé Aldama, triple jump: Cuban-born Aldama defected to England, but due to her process to earn British citizenship taking too long and unable to properly compete being nationless, in 2004 she agreed to compete for Sudan, the country she represented at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Finally Aldama got British citizenship in 2010, and in time to represent GB at the 2012 Olympics (also winning the world indoor title that year at age 39!) - Connor O'Brien, alpine skiing: born in Canada and raised in the US, due to the tough rosters of the US and Canadian skiing teams, O'Brien decided to compete internationally for Great Britain, due to his father being from Northern Ireland, representing GB at the 1984 Winter Olympics. He later retired from the sport and got a job on Wall Street, but decided to go back to skiing to try to qualify for the 1994 Winter Olympics, which he did, this time representing his mother's birth country: Estonia.

Think this is why you're (fancy new) channel appeals to me so much. I don't want stories about Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz or Nadia Comeneci. I was this kind of stuff that's obscure but should be very well known

Next video :The best Olympics

Futsal replacing football is a great idea. The 50m pool events should be obvious. Would love to see what Tom Pidcock would do with downhill mountain bike ! Two more - Underwater Hockey- already in SE Asian games, big following in Asia and played world wide. Netball, one of the biggest events in the Commonwealth games, big in Africa and the Caribbean, a really exciting event. Hadn't seen that second event before, could definitely do with more exposure, wow !

Add Nepal to the list.

why did the channel change name?

Add Nepal to the list 🥳❤️

Lacrosse 🥍 and Cricket 🏏 is coming back to the 2028 Olympic Games in LA the same time as Squash and flag football 🏈 are going to be added in 2028 Olympic Games. Darts 🎯, billiards 🎱, and bowling 🎳 and parkour should be in the Olympic Games in the future

I know it was weird how Macau can't participated at olympic. While Hong Kong can participated in Olympic while still as special administration region of China. It was short lived for Hong Kong and Macau. As both territory will dissapeared and become fully part of China by the year 2047 and 2049. After 50 years as special administration region.

Forget the Paralympics; I'm amazed by what I learned about Macau as a region. The fact that their gambling scene is about 7x bigger than Las Vegas' is surprising, amazing, and upsetting. So many gambling addicts...

Do I get credit for knowing, Macau, even though I just learned about it's participation in the Paralympics from a video of your I just watched?

You were right, that was fascinating! Thank you to the suggester and to you for covering it. Separately Macau sounds awful, but the Faroes sound like everything I have ever dreamed of because I am a New Yorker and humidity is my friggin' life! Lol I also love anything that gets the Paralympics some talking up. So thanks for that as well.

The main reason that, unlike the Paralympic Games, Macau and Faroe Islands cannot participate in the Olympics is due to the rule instated by the Olympic Charter in 1996 that a new country must be recognized by the UN and international community for it to take part. However, the ten dependent territories that were already competing independently at the Olympics were allowed to continue to do so: Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands (US territories), Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands (British Overseas Territories), Aruba (constituent country of the Kingdom Of Netherlands), the Cook Islands (territory under New Zealand jurisdictuon) and Hong Kong (Special Admnistrative Region of China). That was also the case of Netherlands Antilles (who even won a medal at the 1988 Olympics) until their dissolution in 2010. Unfortunately, Macau and Faroe Islands didn't get to have their NOCs recognized before that rule change and cannot compete independently at the Olympics unless they get total autonomy and internationally recognized independence. (Macau does compete separately at the Asian Games, as their NOC is recognized by the Olympic Council of Asia.)

Always found the Faroes an amazing place. So close geographically to Scotland where I'm from and in many ways so similar but in other ways so different. Thanks for covering them (and Macau). Kind of on that subject. Why there is a UK team in some sports and why they are split up in others might be a fun research for you

Michigan & Ohio State Football want to know your location LOL (kidding ofc) This is a historic baseball rivalry indeed and most people who root for teams other than those two generally despise them both equally. (I am a Blue Jays fan and I hate both of them, but I can't help but respect the rivalry the two have!)

They should bring back pistol dueling, it was in the olympics back in the day and it would be safe like modern fencing. It would be a cool shooting event to watch unlike the ones we have today which are a bit boring.

0:50 “that’s right, no referees.” And the guy in the black pants and striped shirt walking along with the game play, bending down to closely see if the catch was made, is…?

ha that’s me

The video for you talk about the country that has won the paralympics medal but without the olympics medal was so fantastic. As from my home country, Malaysia. We already won the first gold medal at Paralympics Rio 2016 by athletics. And we become the first country to win paralympics medal in Seoul 1988 in weightlifting, four years before we get first medal at Olympics medal in Badminton. I just really hoping Malaysia can get Olympics gold medal one day. But Congratulstion to our single badminton who won the first gold at paralympics paris 2024 to Malaysia. It was so fantastic game by the way.

sailing is one of the most fisicial sports

This is a tough question in my opinion. I agree with most of your arguments. As someone who danced a lot, I am actually missing a dance sport at the Olympics. Ballroom dancing with formations of 8 pairs would fit the best for it imo, but let's come back to Breaking. I would say I know a lot about sport history and the different kinds of ideas/terms/concepts of "sport", people throughout time and countries have. My thought after watching documentaries about Breaking and watching it in Paris 2024, I think this an issue about the different ideas about "sport". There are sports with a specific philosophy and idea behind it, that is just different from the olympic idea(l) of what is meant by the word of "sport". Breaking is one of those. That doesn't make it less valid as a sport or anything else at all. It just fulfills a different idea of sport and that is fine. But that's why it doesn't fit into the Olympics perfectly. It's still compatibale enough to be there, but you are totally right if you say that other sports would fit to the olympic idea (which is a very european, historically english/british idea) of a good sport much better. Breakers themselves debate a lot about, if it's good or bad for their sport to be in the Olympics. A german TV commentator, who is a professional B-Girl herself said that they don't see the Olympics as a part of their movement. They don't see Breaking as a part of the olympic movement as well. They just see it as a great platform to promote this not very olympic-ish culture. This says a lot in my opinion. So Breaking is a nice sport and I am fine with it being at the Olympics, but I tend slightly to say that it would be better for Breaking and better for the Olympics if it is not part of it anymore.

1. Your argument with just 12 teams in Handball is invalid. Despite Men's Soccer, in every team sport at the Olympics you have a Maximum of 12 teams. Handball World Cups are held with 32 teams. But you're right that it's basicly Europe and three other countries in the second row, who are competitive. 2. It's a fun video, but I disagree with it's content. In my opinion, the only sports we can debate about excluding from the Olympics are (random order): 1. Boxing (beating your opponent is not sportsmanlike) 2. Breaking (obvious) 3. Weightlifting (it's so boring, has huge doping problems, too many Gold Medals (10), almost no tradition/culture behind it, and who would miss it?) 4. Golf (Top 1 of the list, rich people argument, very bad for environment and almost no movement, most important: it('s vibe) doesn't fit into the Olympics) 5. Cycling Track (too unpopular and too many Gold Medals (12)) 6. BMX Freestyle (For a sport that is meant to be spectacular, it's very unspectacular) 7. Shooting (arguments from video) 8. Sailing (arguments from video, though there is a big difference to motor sports) 9. Teakwondo (for the reasons why it's often debated to be excluded by the IOC) 10. Since Equestrian is removed from Modern Penthathlon (after Paris 2024) (which I am really sad about), it lost it's main part of it's historical olympic meaning, prestige, idea for me. Since it's not popular at all and now lost it's special olympic connection (imo), it can be excluded. 11. Trampolin (same as BMX Freestyle) 12. And maybe Fencing, but it's olympic tradition is huge. 😳 Didn't thought I would be okay with so many Sports being excluded.

I knew the thing with Macao 😁 Proud Olympics freak here 🤓 Am looking forward to that video 🤔

Cant agree wird any of them

#IDEA Great video. A video idea: Country broke most world or olympics record in the olympic or Paralympic events since the introduction of the digital clock.

Shoutout to our neighbors. Malaysia has won golds in the Paralympics, but in the Olympics, they are still on the hunt for their first gold. I do hope they get it in LA28. We (The Philippines) already got our taste of Olympic gold in Tokyo and Paris after almost 100 years.

Nepal didi it this year

Sri Lanka too be added into this list they won silver in javelin throw yesterday.

Video demand- Why does India performs so well in the Paralympics (this yr we are within top 10) but fails to clench a single gold this yr (our position was 72). A detailed video would br appreciated.

Football should be removed because there are World cup and so many World youth cup. Football olympics is just youth U23.

As Indonesian , I considered that Indonesia may ever winning the Olympics one but chances of winning is more thicker during the Paralympics

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One of the best videos that I have ever seen in my life ,if not the best and I watch Olympics and enjoy their related trivia since 1984...3rd,2nd and 1st were spot on accurate 😄..and your commentry made it even better 😸❤🌷🙏

I think Iraq should have been included in this list , they have only a Bronze medal in weightlifting , however in Athens 2004 they came so close to win another Bronze in football ,but they ended 4th !! That was even more amazing achievement as they have been torn by wars for over two decades !! and it would have been the first for an Arab team in the Olympics in any sport ! Eventually Morocco won that very much coveted Bronze of football in Paris 2024 after defeating Egypt ...😶

Great video , I love the closing ceremony too though a bit forlon sometimes 😉😸..One of my absolute whole times favourites are : the 1984 Los Angeles and Lionel Richie singing 'All Night Long' and the Athens 2004 as it was one of my favourite Olympics in general with two of my favourite Arab athletes Hisham or Hicham elGarrouj (Marocco) & Rania Elwani (Egypt) appear with the IOC chairman of that time in his speech ❤🌷🙏

Amazing video ,thanks for it 🌷🙏❤

Looks like I made a pretty dramatic error on this one with respect to the Ivory Coast/Côte D'Ivoire. My apologies to the viewers as well as to the talented Olympians of the Ivory Coast. Mea culpa.

Nepal got their first medal ever this year! 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

The Ivory Coast/Côte D'Ivoire have won five medals at the Olympics, including one gold. They won their first one back in 1984 and the most recent in Paris 2024.