For those without a home, the Refugee Team is an opportunity to win Olympic glory
The Tokyo 2020 Games will see 29 displaced athletes living in 14 countries around the world compete as part of the Refugee Olympic Team. Reuters
The Tokyo 2020 Games will see 29 displaced athletes living in 14 countries around the world compete as part of the Refugee Olympic Team. The squad arrives in Japan on Wednesday.
Here is a look at the history of the team, its debut at the 2016 Games, its growing place in the Olympic movement and the path towards Tokyo 2020:
Creation
Marathon runner Guor Marial, a refugee living in the United States, competed at London 2012 as an independent athlete, having made the qualifying time. He had escaped Sudan, was not a US national and his newly-independent South Sudan homeland did not yet have an Olympic committee.
A look at the history of Refugee Olympic Team, representing 14 countries
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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach announces the IOC Refugee Team members for Tokyo 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland, June 8, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
NAIROBI - Some 11,091 athletes from around the world are expected to feature at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, in what will be the 32nd running of the biggest multi-sport event on the planet.
While most eyes will be fixed on the battle for medals from representatives of 206 International Olympics Committee (IOC) members, special attention will be focused on a group of 29 athletes competing under the Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) banner.