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The story of Kayla Nemour and her gold medal reminds me of so many things about France. The French federation would not send her to the Olympics, so she ended up competing for Algeria. The federation did not want her because they did not like the small town club in which she trained, which looks like a classic case of Parisian elites snubbing "the provinces". Probably mixed with the kind of racism that reserves the good jobs for "people like us". I am not surprised.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/04/world/olympics-gymnastics-bars