Yusra Mardini: Refugee swimmer off to flying start after Pope Francis sends...
(CNN)Ahead of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Yusra Mardini, along with the nine other athletes that make up the Olympic Refugee Team were sent a letter by Pope Francis. "I extend my...
View ArticleThey came to Kenya as refugees -- and they left as Olympians
Ngong, Kenya (CNN)It's early morning in the Ngong Hills, on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, and a group of athletes huddle together in prayer in tracksuits and long pants. It's notoriously chilly...
View ArticleAthletics: S. Sudan refugee Olympians run for glory of lost home
Nairobi, July 30, 2016 (AFP) - There will be more South Sudanese competing at the Rio Games in the Olympics refugee team than for the African state that will be taking part for the first time. Five...
View Article>S. Sudan refugee Olympians run for glory of lost home
By Ailéen Kimutai South Sudanese refugees living in Kenya arrive at the International Airport Antonio Carlos Jobim airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 29, 2016. By Vanderlei Almeida (AFP) Nairobi...
View ArticleS. Sudan refugee Olympians run for glory of lost home
By Ailéen Kimutai South Sudanese refugees living in Kenya arrive at the International Airport Antonio Carlos Jobim airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 29, 2016. By Vanderlei Almeida (AFP) Nairobi...
View ArticleWinding road leads refugees to Rio stage
NAIROBI, Kenya -- They were used to running barefoot on baking ground. They were raw, untrained. All eager. Each day, the five runners who grew up in the Kakuma refugee camp pounded the dusty tracks...
View ArticleRio Olympics 2016: Sudanese refugee runners make track and field debut
(L-R) Paulo Amotun Lokoro (1500m athlete), Rose Nathike Lokonyen (800m), Yiech Pur Biel (800m), Anjelina Nada Lohalith (1500m) and James Nyang...
View ArticlePress Release from Business Wire : Visa Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO, (BSW) - Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) announced today the fullTeam Visaroster for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. With 60 athletes, it is the most expansive group of Olympic and Paralympic athletes...
View ArticleRio 2016: Africans overshadow Refugee Team (ANOCA - Association of National...
(Source: ANOCA - Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa) A special team has been selected to take part in the Rio Games alongside regular delegations representing IOC member NOCs. It...
View ArticleOlympic refugee team to be ‘symbol of hope’ in Rio
Attached Files: ID: 1464972837959981900 Publication Date: Friday, June 3, 2016 LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Ten refugee athletes from Africa and the Middle East were selected Friday to compete under the...
View ArticleIOC announces refugee team for Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO - Ten refugees will participate at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro by representing a new flag for athletes that have fled conflict-riven countries and regions, the...
View ArticleThese 10 refugees will compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio (UNHCR - Office of...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Ten refugees have been selected to form the first-ever Refugee Olympic Athletes team. © UNHCR Since the modern Olympics...
View Article10 refugees picked for IOC team
The Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Ten refugee athletes from Africa and the Middle East were selected Friday to compete under the Olympic flag at the Rio de Janeiro Games in what the IOC...
View ArticleA message of hope: 10 athletes announced for refugee team at Rio 2016 Olympic...
(Source: Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016) IOC president says initiative is 'signal to the international community that refugees are our fellow human beings' They will...
View ArticleRefugee athletes arrive for Rio 2016 with one dream: meet Usain Bolt (Comitê...
(Source: Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016) The world's first Refugee Olympic Team (ROT), which will compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, is almost complete. On Friday...
View ArticleHow these Olympic underdogs became sporting heroes at Rio
(CNN)It's often the household names that dominate Olympic coverage. But this year, a group of relatively obscure Olympians grabbed headlines, becoming the unlikely champs of the Games in Rio and...
View ArticleOlympic refugee team: the cattle herder turned refugee turned Olympian...
(Source: Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016) South Sudanese 1500m runner Paulo Amotun Lokoro is not coming to Brazil just to take part - he wants a gold medal Paulo Amotun...
View ArticleOlympic refugee team: shoeless Rose Nathike Lokonyen becomes envoy for peace...
(Source: Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016) The South Sudanese runner, who will compete in the 800m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, only started running with shoes one year...
View ArticleRefugees run long, inspiring road to Rio’s world stage
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — They were used to running barefoot on baking ground. They were raw, untrained. All eager. Each day, the five runners who grew up in the Kakuma refugee camp pounded the dusty...
View ArticleMen and women without a country: Meet the refugee Olympic team
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — They were used to running barefoot on baking ground. They were raw, untrained. All eager. Each day, the five runners who grew up in the Kakuma refugee camp pounded the dusty...
View ArticleBest of Rio2016: Top Olympic moments for Team Refugees (UNHCR - Office of the...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Athletes Paulo Amotun Lokoro and Rose Nathike Lokonyen enjoy the beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was the first time...
View ArticleOlympic refugee team greeted as heroes on return to Kenya camp
(CNN)A homecoming for any athlete who has appeared at an Olympics is special -- but for five who competed at the Rio Olympics, the place they formerly called home was the vast refugee camp at Kakuma in...
View ArticleTeam Refugees: Looking to the future (UNHCR - Office of the United Nations...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Members of the Refugee Olympic Team with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, and UNHCR staff in...
View ArticleKenya's Loroupe to lead another refugee team to Asian Games
By John Kwoba NAIROBI, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Olympian Tegla Loroupe of Kenya believes the positive attention refugee athletes are receiving is helping them accept their status and live harmonious with...
View ArticleRefugee Olympic Team: Where are they now?
(CNN)They came, they saw, their stories inspired the world. Ten athletes — victims of unimaginable hardship, forced to leave their homes in South Sudan, Congo, Ethiopia and Syria — united under a...
View ArticleVisa Adds Refugee Olympic Athletes to Complete Team Visa Rio 2016 Roster
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) announced today the full Team Visa roster for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. With 60 athletes, it is the most expansive group of Olympic and Paralympic...
View ArticleCountdown to Rio 2016: Refugee Olympic Team prepares for historic debut...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Friday, August 5 To tumultuous applause and a standing ovation, ten refugee athletes made history on Friday evening...
View ArticleFor Refugee Team, Just Being In Rio Is Like Winning Gold
i Members of the Refugee Olympic Team have their picture taken with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, and UNHCR staff inside the Olympic Village. For the first time in...
View ArticlePressure mounts for Olympic refugee team
A decade ago, Yiech Pur Biel fled from South Sudan alone, his parents and siblings having disappeared in the chaos of war. He arrived in Kakuma, Kenya, in 2005, and has been living as a refugee ever...
View ArticleOlympic refugee team to be 'symbol of hope' in Rio
Ten refugee athletes from Africa and the Middle East were selected Friday to compete under the Olympic flag at the Rio de Janeiro Games in what the IOC said represents a "symbol of hope" for migrants...
View ArticleLive Blog: Refugee Olympic Team turns dreams into reality in Rio (UNHCR -...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Ten refugees who made history as members of the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team have started competing at Rio2016. The team...
View ArticleFrom Cubs to Foxes: Why 2016 is the year of the underdog
(CNN)The last time Chicago Cubs won the World Series, just 1.7 billion people walked the earth -- the same number of Facebook users around the world today. But baseball's history makers are far from...
View ArticleRefugees run long, inspiring road to Rio's world stage
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- They were used to running barefoot on baking ground. They were raw, untrained. All eager. Each day, the five runners who grew up in the Kakuma refugee camp pounded the dusty...
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