Refugee Olympic Team visit Christ the Redeemer: 'It's breathtaking' (Comitê...
(Source: Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016) An obvious choice for any tourist, but that does not stop it from being 'breathtaking'. This was the adjective used by the...
View ArticleOlympic first as refugee team to compete at Rio games
This week, for the first time in history, refugees around the world are to have a team representing them at the Olympic Games. The athletes will compete for the Refugee Olympic Team and march with the...
View ArticleEscape to victory: the refugees who will run at the Rio Olympics
Escaping South Sudan in 2005, Yiech and his family had to eat leaves to stave off hunger. Now, he's part of the first ever "Team Refugee". " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
View ArticleRefugee athletes set to leave for Rio Olympics and history (UNHCR - Office of...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Five South Sudanese refugees who have qualified to compete at the Olympic Games, prepare to fly from Kenya to Brazil. ©...
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 ArticleRefugee athletes set out for Rio Olympics, and history (UNHCR - Office of the...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Five South Sudanese refugees who have qualified to compete at the Olympic Games prepare to fly from Kenya to Brazil. ©...
View ArticleVisa Adds Refugee Olympic Athletes to Complete Team Visa Rio 2016 Roster...
(Source: Visa Inc) http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160720005369/en/ Visa is thrilled to welcome refugee Olympic athletes to the #TeamVisa community of 60 Olympic athletes. #Rio2016 (Photo:...
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 ArticleYusra 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticlePope Francis writes letter to refugee Olympic team: 'I wish your courage...
Pope Francis has written a letter extending his support to members of the refugee team who are competing at the 2016 Olympic Games. The Pontiff...
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