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Five world records that are under threat at Olympic Games Paris 2024
Refugee Olympic Team eyes first medal, Liechtenstein’s unique record, and nations pursuing a podium finish
The Refugee Olympic Team, although not an NOC, hopes to win its first Olympic medal this year as well. Check out who on the team could make that happen:
Liechtenstein is also the only NOC to have won medals at the Olympic Winter Games but not at the Olympic Summer Games
Looking to make the podium for the first time ever are the following countries (NOCs without any Olympic medal):
Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Dominica, El Salvador, Eswatini, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Guam, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania,Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Palau, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, SaintKitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yemen.
The countdown to Paris 2024 continues, and the world eagerly awaits the unfolding of these potential record-breaking moments, and more!