Participation of athletes from Kiribati in the Olympic Games
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The island nation of Kiribati first participated at the Summer Olympic Games in 2004 and has competed at every Summer Games since then. The nation has not participated at the Winter Olympic Games.
After participating in the Commonwealth Games for the first time in 1998, Kiribati started working towards membership of the International Olympic Committee. During a meeting of the IOC in Prague in 2003, Kiribati was accepted into the organization and was set to participate in the 2004 Summer games. The country's name was notably mispronounced by officials in all three languages—French, English and Greek—during the opening ceremony. Its delegation consisted of weightlifter Meamea Thomas and sprinters Kakianako Nariki (Kiribati's first Olympic competitor) and Kaitinano Mwemweata.
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