From students across Japan to refugees in camps in East Africa, the Refugee Olympic Team has experienced an outpouring of support despite the lack of crowds in Tokyo.
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From students across Japan to refugees in camps in East Africa, the Refugee Olympic Team has experienced an outpouring of support despite the lack of crowds in Tokyo.
South Sudanese refugee turned Olympic runner Rose Nathike on how sport changed her life
After fleeing her homeland at the age of eight, Rose Nathike grew up in a refugee camp where only the boys could play sport. At 27, she s now competing at the Olympics. 29 July 2021
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The UN Refugee Agency estimates that at the start of 2021 there were more than 82 million displaced people in the world. Twenty-nine of them have been selected for this year s IOC Refugee Team competing at the Tokyo Olympics.
At the Rio 2016 Olympics Nathike had the honour of being flag-bearer at the opening ceremony.
After fleeing her homeland with her parents when she was eight, her home had been the Kakuma refugee camp, along with 200,000 other displaced people.
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TORONTO - Three refugees from South Sudan competing at the Olympics will be heading to a Canadian college this fall under a program that gives students displaced by conflict a chance to pursue their academic goals.
The refugee team carry the Olympic flag during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Dylan Martinez - POOL
TORONTO - Three refugees from South Sudan competing at the Olympics will be heading to a Canadian college this fall under a program that gives students displaced by conflict a chance to pursue their academic goals.