It isn't just the US. Spain won the first men's cross country gold on Saturday. The athlete is actually from Germany.

As a followup question, how do you propose some athletes train if you are opposed to them going to another country. The example I'm thinking of is the Jamacian Bobsled team. There's no way they can actually get track time in their own country.

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>John;
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>This has been going on for at least 40 years. Many Olympic competitors who are aliens living in this country go to college and belong to teams until it is Olympic time. They take advantage of our training, facilities and competition to hone his/her skills then represent his/her country. Others in this category that do not attend college use American or foreign coaches. The former group “bothers me” but the latter does not.
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>Tom