The Times is reporting of folks who became “newly minted citizens” to represent the U.S.A. in the Olympics. Is that really the point? To me that’s as bad as the Mets hiring “the guy from the Braves” (Glavine) to beat the Braves. That’s not what I want out of the Mets nor out of my own country.
Swapping Passports in Pursuit of Olympic Medals
Foreign-born and trained stars have been contributing to the United States’s Olympic medal count since 2000 in a growing trend that blurs the national boundaries of the competition.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/sports/olympics/15citizen.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/sports/olympics/15citizen.html