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For Iraq s Olympians, the Tokyo dream is just taking part Issued on: 18/07/2021 - 05:36 Rower Mohammed Ryadh will be one of just four Iraqi competitors at the Tokyo Olympics Iraq s smallest team since 1948 Sabah ARAR AFP 4 min Baghdad (AFP) For the four Iraqi athletes who have made it to Tokyo, there is no realistic talk of medals. Having overcome war, politics and pandemic, their dream is simply to participate. With state financial support cut off by political infighting for most of the run-up to the Games and their locked-down foreign coaches unable to offer more than virtual advice, Iraq s small squad of Olympians got there almost entirely by their own efforts.

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