2019 Shuell Olympic Games

The 2019 Shuell Olympic Games or the Games of the I Olympiad, informally, Central 2019, was an international sporting event held in Central, Shuell in 2019 and the first modern Olympic games. Athletes from 21 countries attended and were scheduled to compete in seventeen disciplines. Unfortunately, the games had to be cancelled prematurely due to the outbreak of the Shuellian Adenovirus.

Host selection

Central, the capital city of Shuell, was selected to host the first Olympic games over four other bidders. The selection drew considerable backlash, as many journalists characterized Shuell's governing regime as autocratic and perpetrators of human rights abuses. Others were skeptical of Shuell's harsh climate, which forced most summer events, even those usually held outdoors, into purpose-built indoor facilities.

2019 Olympiad bidding results

City	Nation
Central	Shuell
Monusynthys	Gladysynthia
Tofino	Zamastan
Eternity	Gardavasque
Moskva	Trive

Events

The 2019 Olympic program was set to feature seventeen disciplines. Of those, ten completed their medal-awarding events before the Olympiad's closure.

• Archery
• Athletics
• Aquatics
• Biathlon
• Bobsled
• Basketball
• Cycling
• Gymnastics
• Luge
• Triathlon

Cancelled events

The following events were scheduled to take place, but had to be cancelled due to the adenovirus outbreak:

• Association Football
• Boxing
• Fencing
• Handball
• Hockey
• Skeleton
• Tennis

Medal Table

Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total Medals	Points
Shuell	9	7	9	25	50
Libertas Omnium Maximus	5	4	5	14	28
Zamastan	4	6	4	14	28
Kerlile	4	4	3	11	23
Lauchenoiria	3	4	4	11	21
Shen	3	3	2	8	17
Gardavasque	3	1	5	9	16
Astoria	2	3	0	5	12
Serriel	2	3	0	5	12
New Lusitania and the Algarves	2	2	4	8	14
Eiria	2	1	2	5	10
Laeral	2	1	1	4	8
Comhar	2	0	2	4	8
North Cross	1	1	1	3	6
Andhrapur	1	1	1	3	6
Ecclesiastical Dominions	1	1	0	2	5
Kvask	1	1	0	2	5
Trive	1	0	0	1	3
Christos	1	0	0	1	3
Lavender Country	0	3	2	5	8
High Fells	0	1	3	4	5
Great Tequila Island	0	1	1	2	3

Controversies

Several countries, including Sanctaria, refused to participate in the Games due to the autocratic nature of the Shuellian state, and alleged human rights abuses committed by said state.

A Lauchenoirian athlete was deported following his event for being a member of the Communist Party of Lauchenoiria.

Following an athlete from Great Tequila Island telling a radio host that an athlete from Kerlile had criticised her government, the entire fencing team from Kerlile were subject to stringent conditions and an investigation, leading to the athlete being imprisoned for ten years.

Xia Chiu was imprisoned by her grandmother, Councillor Lia Chiu for speaking to a member of the Shen Royal Family during the Games, which has an alleged "blood feud" with the Chiu family for unknown reasons.

Adenovirus outbreak

At the beginning of 2020, midway through the Games, a strain of adenovirus began to spread throughout Shuell, resulting in the postponement, and later cancellation, of the remainder of the Games for public health reasons.