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Polybius

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3. I think it's dumb to ban any nation

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 05:34 AM

Yesterday

North Korea was in the last Summer games (they weren't even banned for this one, but did not have any athletes that qualified). USSR was in them in 1980 during the height of the Cold War (and attack on Afghanistan).

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