Once Ignored, Kosovo Exits Sports Limbo.

The article reports on the admission of Kosovo athletic team as a full member of the International Olympic Committee on December 9, 2014. It states that the membership will allow the region's athletes to participate in international competitions. It adds that the prohibition of the country's athletes to compete internationally under its flag has made judo world champion Majlinda Kelmendi to experience the feeling of being ignored and treated differently from other athletes in the world.