Off to Turks and Caicos islands

 Today it's Turks and Caicos. They have never been to the Olympics an an independent nation. Because the ioc doesn't recognize the territory, they compete for Great Britain (as Turks and Caicos is a British territory).  However they have competed at the Commonwealth Games. First appearance was 1978. They don't appear again until 1998. They've been to every games since. No medals won as of yet. They are located east of Cuba and North of the Hispaniola island (Hispaniola is Haiti on the west and Dominican Republic on the east). Here us ghe flag of Turks and Caicos. 


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