(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Rose Nathike Lokonyen, originally from South Sudan, trains in Kenya ahead of the Rio Olympic Games. © UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - To tumultuous applause, ten refugee athletes made history on Friday evening marching into the famed Maracanã Stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio2016 Olympics. Rose Nathike Lokonyen, a 23-year-old South Sudanese runner, led the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team into the stadium behind the banner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to cries of support from an ecstatic crowd. The young athletes, originally from South Sudan, Syria, Democratic Republic of...
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