Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Sudan ta Kudu ta sami 'yancin kai daga Sudan a shekarar 2011, amma yakin basasar Sudan ta Kudu ya sa ya zama da wuya ga al'ummar ta samu goyon bayan kungiyoyin wasanni biyar kamar yadda ake bukata don kwamitin wasannin Olympic na kasa da kasa don samun amincewar kwamitin wasannin Olympic na kasa da kasa. Guor Marial, 'yar gudun hijirar Sudan ta Kudu da ke zaune a Amurka, ta yi gasa a gasar
ya yi tseren marathon na maza a wasannin Olympics na 2012, amma ya yi hakan a matsayin dan wasan Olympics mai zaman kansa bayan ya ki shiga gasar Sudan. Sudan ta Kudu ta zama memba na 206 na IOC a watan Agusta na 2015, tare da alaƙa da wasannin motsa jiki, kwando, ƙwallon ƙafa, ƙwallon hannu, judo, wasan tennis na tebur, da taekwondo. Kasar ta zabi Marial a matsayin mai dauke da tutar ta duka bikin budewa da rufewa.