NEET
03/09/2026 (Mon) 15:20
No.984660
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https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/iranian-soccer-players-seek-asylum-in-australia/news-story/a5374a200cb2129f6d9614d2312408e6
>Australia has experienced several high-profile cases of athletes seeking asylum while attending international sporting events.
>One of the earliest and most significant occurred during the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, held shortly after the Soviet Union crushed the Hungarian uprising.
>In the aftermath, 61 Hungarian athletes, coaches and officials chose not to return home, making it one of the largest political defections in Olympic history and a powerful symbol of Cold War tensions.
We took the fellas
>Australia has experienced several high-profile cases of athletes seeking asylum while attending international sporting events.
>One of the earliest and most significant occurred during the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, held shortly after the Soviet Union crushed the Hungarian uprising.
>In the aftermath, 61 Hungarian athletes, coaches and officials chose not to return home, making it one of the largest political defections in Olympic history and a powerful symbol of Cold War tensions.
We took the fellas