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When did Charles Barkley enter the Olympics?
Barkley competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games.
What did Charles Barkley train for after being invited by Bob Knight?
Barkley trained for tryouts for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
How was Charles Barkley's tryout for the 1984 Olympics?
Barkley made it all the way to final cuts, but wasn't selected for the team, despite outplaying almost all of the front-court players there.

Question: Why wasn't he selected?
Self-contained rewrite: Why wasn't Charles Barkley selected for the 1984 Summer Olympics team?