Olympics: The shame for Madagascar

Shame for Madagascar. Yes, our participation in the Olympic Games in London would be a priori a disgrace to our country as   our performance is low.

Our athletes did not even reach the minimum required to compete.

Besides the rare Madagascan competitors qualified automatically after the tests, four other youths were invited by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to compete in London. These "wild card" as they are called, are only means to meet as many countries participating in the Olympic Games in spite of the technical qualification of athletes. Available to countries that can not participate in the games fault of athletes meeting the minimum, this privilege allows today in Madagascar to compete in sports through the COM (Malagasy Olympic Committee).