I root for the US and South Korea. I was born in Korea and lived there until I was 3, and lived in the States the rest of my life. Both countries are part of who I am!
Do you root for more than one country? Which ones and why?
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USA and France out of family loyalty.
I personally know one French athlete competing in track and field. She also competed in the London games and my FIL went to watch her.Eta: my ILs are heavily involved in the local track and field club that is sending 5-6 athletes. My MIL went to the Beijing games as a special Olympics coach. We are visiting my ILs now and the Olympics coverage has been on since it started.
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Yes, we have family loyalty for Americans and Italians!
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We always root for US and Sweden. And I always love to root for the underdog so any athlete from a small country and with a good story!
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We root for USA and Mexico.
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USA or UK and Ireland. I love the Olympics!
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I always just cheer on the American team, but I always love an underdog story. This year I'll also be cheering on the athletes under the Refugee flag.
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Just Canada usually!
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The USA and the U.K. usually.
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The US and Vietnam.
@OldpuebloJenn: Tell me more about the athletes under the refugees flag. Is this new for this year? I heard about it but haven't had the chance to look further into it.
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Besides Team USA, I also pay particular attention to athletes from Japan & Hong Kong. These are places I've lived for significant parts of my adult life, so I feel somewhat of a cultural connection to them (and often feel like I can "relate" to the back story/life of the athletes, or was present for the fan craze surrounding their rise to fame).
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@bluestriped bee: here's the team: http://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2016/6/575154624/10-refugees-compete-2016-olympics-rio.html
The one getting all the press currently is an 18yo girl, Yusra from Syria. She's a swimmer and on the sea voyage to Turkey her "raft" was taking on water, she pushed it and the 20 other passengers to shore.
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I know one Aruban and two Canadian athletes so I'll root for them in addition to the U.S. athletes.
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I cheer for the three countries I have called home - USA, Australia, and Team GB, but I will always support USA over the other two if it's between them!
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Canada in the winter and Australia in the summer - I usually end up coming out near the top!
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Usually just the US, but I'll definitely be pulling for Team Refugee this year, as well. What a cool idea!
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@OldpuebloJenn: Wow! Thank you for that link!
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I always cheer on the US and depending on the sport I'll also cheer for Russia, Belarus, and The Netherlands.
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In our household it's USA, UK and Egypt (did you know they have a beach volleyball team
). DH is 50% English, 50% Egyptian - so we span 3 countries with our fandom -
I cheer on team USA & if we're not competing I root for the person or team with a) the best outfit or b) best story based on the commentators.
I personally know one French athlete competing in track and field. She also competed in the London games and my FIL went to watch her.
). DH is 50% English, 50% Egyptian - so we span 3 countries with our fandom Reply
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