Chess Olympiad - very short games

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In the first round of the Chess Olympiad 2014 Tromso I found several one-(or even no-)move games such as this: https://chess24.com/en/olympiad2014/live/olympiad2014open/1/79/2

Could anybody explain it to me?

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The opponent didn't turn up to play I assume. maybe there was a visa problem.