
Six athletes representing Haiti will be competing at the Tokyo Olympics this month, but there could have been seven. Due to a United States Olympic Committee (USOC) eligibility rule, Aliyah Shipman will not be heading to Japan to represent Haiti in taekwondo because she was born in the U.S. and previously represented America.
“Shortly after I qualified for the Olympics, the USOC began to harass Haiti for allowing me to compete for them,” Shipman, of Plantation, FL, said via Instagram. “They claim that I cannot fight for Haiti because I used to fight for the USA.”
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