Apparently Hungary is especially generous in permitting overseas sportsmen who can credibly document Hungarian blood to compete at the OLYMPIC level as Hungarians, provided there is almost no showing by “full Hungarians” in the Olympic events entered:
An American lady with one vaguely Hungarian mother had a longstanding hankering to compete in the Olympics and this woman was a PROFOUNDLY AVERAGE skier.
The key was she entered only obscure skiing events for which there were absolutely ZERO Hungarians.
What played out was RIDICULOUS —she basically skied down the half-pipe, barely doing any tricks at all.
EMBARRASSING.
It was simple for her:
She had a bucket list, and she checked off the “Olympics” box.
RIDICULOUS.
To be honest, I wish Naomi played for the U.S.A.
Her background gets more interesting when you read her Wiki bio. For starters: Naomi’s Japanese side of the family broke contact with her mother for a whole 10 years — because they did not approve of her marriage to a black man.
Naomi’s father’s last name is ‘Francois’ but Naomi and her sister took on ‘Osaka’ for practical reasons when her family was still based in Japan. (Her parents met in Japan after her dad graduated from NYU.)
Naomi does not speak much Japanese and is a dual citizen of USA/Japan. Raised primarily in the U.S.
Representing Japan was her dad’s (Leonard Maxime Francois) decision. He felt it would open up more opportunities...
I feel that America is missing out!