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Australia names surfing Olympic team after jellyfish to instill killer instinct

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One of the new sports added to the Olympics that I'm against. May as well submit barbeque sauce gold medal next.

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"Irukandji perfectly suits our team as we try our best to be deadly in the water against our rivals in the Tokyo Olympics."

The jellyfish were named after Irukandji Country, along the northern coast of Cairns in Queensland, and Surfing Australia were given permission to use the name by the local Yirrganydji people.

China easily trumps that, their team is named sarscov2, named after the microscopic but deadly organisms thought to have originated in one of its cities

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let's see if they can win against the "poloniums", another national team with killer instincts

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I still think "Brave Blossoms" instills the most fear for an Olympic team in any sport. :)

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