The Olympics are the truest form of competition an athlete can enter and engage in. Athletes dream of winning an Olympic gold medal. Young children play games and pretend that they are vying for an Olympic medal. The summer Olympics are a testing ground for sports like swimming and track and field. What do you as an athlete need to do in order to enter the summer Olympic Games?
Instructions
1. Be a nationally ranked athlete within your sport. If you are ranked 300th in the marathon in your country, you will most likely not be able to participate in the Olympics as a marathon runner. You have to be a nationally ranked athlete in your country at your sport in order to be invited to trials.
2. Qualify or be invited to participate in your chosen sport's Olympic Team trials in your country. This event is held every four years a few months before the Olympics and takes the top few performers in each event to be placed on the Olympic Team Committee.
3. Attend the Olympic Team Training Camp and conference during the designated week, usually in July.
4. Perform rigorous tests during the "weeding out" process at the Committee camp and finish in the top five places in order to have a chance at being selected for the team. The Olympic Coach of your discipline will then make their selections based on your passed performance, the Team Trials, and your overall potential as an athlete.
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