Irish Amateur Swimming Association the national championship held in 1990 at the Guinness Pool. By the turn of the millennium Ireland still did not have an Olympic-sized pool placing any swimmer training here at an enormous disadvantage at international competition. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta Michelle Smith became Ireland's first Olympic medalist in swimming - winning three golds and a bronze. A shadow was cast over these medals when subsequently in 1998 she was banned for 4 years from the sport for tampering with a urine sample using alcohol, during a mandatory out of competition test. In the late 1990s various abuse
Sport in Kosovo provisional recognition to the Kosovo Olympic Committee and proposed that it be granted full recognition at the IOC Session to be held in December 2014. On 8 December, 2014, Olympic Committee of Kosovo became a full member of International Olympic Committee. The acceptance of Kosovo in the International Olympic Committee can have a significant positive impact in accepting other sport federations in the international level. The following sports federations have either admitted or have received the application from Republic of Kosovo to be admitted into their membership. Sport in Kosovo Sport in Kosovo has a long tradition and plays a