Failed to register? wth happened?!

Brunei excluded from 2008 Games Olympics Bird's nest

Beijing - The International Olympic Committee has excluded Brunei from the Beijing Games after the South East Asian country failed to register any of its athletes.

The Olympics competitive action in Beijing begins on Saturday.

Brunei had until midnight ahead of Friday's ceremony, which started at 1245 BST, but missed the deadline.

"It is a great shame and very sad for the athletes who lose out," an IOC spokeswoman said.
Brunei's absence means that only 204 countries will compete at the Olympics, which officially started on Friday.

The IOC's Emmanuelle Moreau said in a statement: "The IOC tried up until the last minute to have them register, but to no avail."

The Brunei athletes involved are 15-year-old swimmer Maria Grace Koh and shot putter Mohammed Yazid Yatimi Yusof. -- Courtesy of BBC


Why did they fail to register? unlike rano who thinks there might be a good reason for it... i am not satisfied and demand a public explanation to thousands of olympic enthusiast. This is dissapointing. heh. There is a long way until brunei to grace the olympics huh. the opening ceremony was awesome but too much. Too much people down there. It annoys me. Besides the commentator kept on saying that 'darussalam was excluded from the olympics'. Annoying. awu I don't do sports. but atleast I watch. THIS IS DISSAPOINTING. atleast last time, even though there were only one or two athletes...there were brunei athletes. and i thought Brunei's sport is getting better and better recently.

out. My first bio lecture in a week. i am pretty damn happy at last there is Bio.