When the news itself is a joke, it's hard not to laugh out loud.
On July 19, Beijing time, the Polish swimming team staged an oolong drama. According to Japanese media reports, due to the carelessness of the Polish Swimming Association in the initial reporting of the list, the six swimmers were forced to return to Their home countries as soon as they arrived in Tokyo.
Screenshot of foreign media reports.
According to Japanese media reports, the Polish swimming Olympic team that arrived in Tokyo had a total of 23 athletes, but after completing the entry, 6 people learned that they had not qualified for the Olympic Games and could not compete in the competition.
According to the relevant regulations of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, athletes who have not won an Olympic seat cannot enter the country, so the six swimmers who are not included in the Olympic list must return home immediately.
The Polish Swimming Association explained the situation in a statement: "Due to negligence, the Polish Swimming Association did not seriously confirm the Olympic results when submitting the Olympic list, nor did it thoroughly study the relevant selection rules, especially several relay events, and did not know that 6 of the 23 swimmers in the delegation did not pass the FINA A standard." ”
Although the Polish Swimming Association formally apologized for this, the 6 swimmers who were "injured" were strongly dissatisfied with the work of the Polish Swimming Association and planned to file a "damages lawsuit" against the Polish Swimming Association.
It is also reported that 22 of the 23 inbound athletes have signed an open letter asking the president of the Polish Swimming Association to resign.
In the swimming events of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the overall competitiveness of the Polish team is limited, but in the men's freestyle and women's butterfly events, there are very few events that have the opportunity to impact the good results.
The Polish swimming team's brightest moment at the Olympic Games was the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, when the well-rounded women's Jedzezak singled out the beam, she not only won the gold medal in the women's 200m butterfly, but also won the silver medal in the women's 100m butterfly and the women's 400m freestyle, ending with 1 gold and 2 silver.
Author: Hu Jie, trainee reporter of The Paper
Source: The Paper