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Kalistani Athletics Clubs and Sponsorships flood into Olympic Efforts
Kalistan is expected to participate in more than 2 Dozen Events across Games
Sulari, Duchy of Suldanor
July 7, 5531


Kalistani Skater Natas Carruthers expected to be among Competitors at next year's Olympics

With the Olympics just a year away, sponsorships are already coming in to fund training regimes and travel to Aldegar's 5532 Games. Kalistan is expected to field a full team in more than 2 dozen individual and team events for the main olympics and will also participate in a dozen Paralympic events. In the Olympic games, Kalistan will participate in all track and field events, as well as all water craft events, including surfing and crew, swim and diving events, including synchronized swimming, both road and track biking events, skateboarding, fencing, equestrian events including dressage, steeplechase and polo, as well as shooting, archery, fencing and gymnastics, both athletic and rhythmic. The only pool events that Kalistan is expected to participate in is Rugby and beach volleyball. Kalistan will also participate in mixed sport events the biathlon, triathlon and pentathlon, and will send two speed walkers to participate in 20K and 50 K events. In the Paralympics, Kalistan will send a basketball squad, a volleyball team, a rugby team, a bocce team, as well as sprint crews in track and field, shooting, archery, swimming, paracycling and lifting.

"We really look forward to doing very well in Aldegar," said skater Natas Carruthers, from Sulari, who is ranked #1 in Kalistan's Skateboard lists and is widely expected to attend the Games. "This will be the first time in anyone's living memory, and with so much participation, I think it will be a good tournament for Kalistani Athletes." Carruthers' like hundreds of other amateur athletes have been training obsessively since the Olympics were announced. "Yeah, it's kind of a grind, day in and day out, but we've got a lot of good sponsors that make it so most of us don't actually have to do much else other than train all day, eat healthy, and not have a lot of stress while we prepare for the games."

The Kalistani Olympic Committee, which is in charge of Kalistan's Olympic training regimes, have set a strict no drug policy and tests its athletes monthly. "It's been kind of a bummer, having to skate sober," said Carruthers. "But most of the athletes I know have made the commitment to stay clean until the games are over, because we understand that it means a lot of participate in the sport and just let our natural ability shine." While ODEN-K is listed as a major contributor to the Kalistani Olympic Committee, it has also barred Kalistani Athletes from purchasing drugs from its stores, and has committed to informing the Committee if some athlete makes an attempt to do so. "It's all to keep us honest," said Carruthers. So far only four athletes have been excused from their teams for violating the policy.

Carruthers, like all other Kalistani Athletes, will compete over the next year in both conditioning and training exercises as well as competitions to determine the final make up of Team Kalistan. "We have spots for four male skaters and four female skaters on Kalistan's team," said Carruthers. "And there are like 52 skaters here who will be competing for those four spots. We have all these kids out here competing, and like, any one of them can beat me out in the end. I think whoever will participate, we have a pretty good shot, all things considered."

Asked what he thinks about the situation in the Anantonese Ocean that threatens the peace during the Olympic Games, Carruthers simply said "Yeah, I don't have a lot of time to pay attention to all that. We here are all focused on one thing, and that is winning in Aldegar. If they can't get it sorted before we head south, we are really missing out on a great opportunity for Kalistani athletes to shine, and represent the Country for the first time in I don't know how many centuries. Sometimes you have to prioritize, you know? Like, is it even worth it?"

Carruthers excused himself for his halfpipe run. All around the Empire, athletes just like him will spend the next year doing just that, as Kalistan prepares for the 5532 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Aldegar.