Quick question, how does a country qualify to play the Olympics? I really want to see my country play but they aren't even participating so I don't exactly get what is the requirements to do be part of Olympics, also who will be carrying the torch this time?
As I didn't see a concrete answer to this question (sorry if anyone asked), here it is:
Any country that has an Olympic committee can participate. Even countries that do not have an Olympic committee, because of wars, economic or other problems, athletes can participate via the international Olympic committee.
How do athletes qualify?
Basically it will be for participating in other tournaments during the 4 years before the Olympic Games.
In order to participate, you have to do the minimums to access the games. In other words, you have to spend a minimum amount of time to qualify to participate.
Each modality has its minimum requirements. See for example in the case of athletics:
Athletics athletes who want to participate in the Olympic Games, have at least one of the official competitions to do these times.
Each country has a maximum number of athletes it can take, which varies based on various factors. Number of athletes registered in the federations, dimension, etc.
Afterwards, the best athletes from each country that manages to make the minimums, will then participate in the Olympic Games.
