 South Sudan yakawana rusununguko kubva kuSudan muna 2011, asi Hondo yeVanhu yekuSouth Sudan yakaita kuti zviome kuti nyika iwane rutsigiro rwemasangano emitambo mashanu sezvinodiwa neNational Olympic Committee yayo kuti iwane kuzivikanwa neInternational Olympic Committee. Guor Marial, mupoteri anobva kuSouth Sudan anogara muUnited States, akakwikwidza mumakwikwi emarathon evarume kuma2012 Summer Olympics, asi akazviita semutambi weOlympic akazvimirira mushure mekuramba kukwikwidza kuSudan. South Sudan yakava nhengo ye206th yeIOC muna Nyamavhuvhu 2015, nekubatana kwe track uye munda, basketball, nhabvu yenhabvu, handball, judo, tafura tenesi, uye taekwondo. Rudzi rwacho rwakasarudza Marial kuti ave mutakuri waro wemureza pamhemberero dzokuzarura nedzokupedza. 