Michelle Smith ninth in the preliminary swims with only the top eight advancing. Smith did not submit her qualifying time for the 400m freestyle event before the 5 July deadline but did so two days later with the Irish Olympic officials insisting they had been given permission to submit the qualifying time after the deadline. Smith applied for the event after she had arrived in Atlanta. After Smith qualified at the expense of Evans, the US Swimming Federation, supported by the German and Netherlands swimming teams, challenged a decision to allow Smith to compete but were unsuccessful. At a later conference, Evans
Sport in Chad Nag D'garom, Dja'Gomba Yader and Bodj Dagank. Chad (CHA) sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held between 1964 and 1972 and from 1984 to 2004, although the country has never won an Olympic medal. No athletes from Chad have competed in any Winter Olympic Games. Sport in Chad The principal sports in Chad are football, basketball, athletics, boxing, martial arts and fishing, which is mostly known in Lake Chad. The national stadium is the Stade Nacional in the capital, N'Djamena. Basketball is a major sport in Chad, especially in the cities. In the last decade, its national team has