Men 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 ArticleDrums, hugs and tears of joy as refugee Olympians land back in Kenya (UNHCR -...
(Source: UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Olympian James Nyang Chiengjiek (R) is embraced by a family member on arrival in Nairobi, Kenya. He was among five South...
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 ArticleHere's how Team Refugees fared at the Olympics
The Rio 2016 Summer Olympics are done and, amidst all the buzz about Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, Michael Phelps, and, yes, Ryan Lochte, we don't want to overlook one storyline that's truly deserving...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleTHE IOC TEN REFUGEE TEAM TO PARTICIPATE IN RIO (EOC - European Olympic...
(Source: EOC - European Olympic Committees) Lausanne, June 6, 2016 - the International Olympic Committee chose the ten refugee athletes that will act as a symbol of hope for refugees worldwide and...
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 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 ArticleRio 2016: For the first time ever, a 'refugee team' of 10 athletes to take ...
--> The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the team will be backed by 12 officials and will participate in the Games under the Olympic flag. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on...
View ArticleOlympic refugee team: James Chiengjiek’s escape from the clutches of war to...
(Source: Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016) After fleeing his home to avoid being forced to become a child soldier, South Sudanese runner wants to use his platform to help...
View ArticleOlympic refugee team: Yiech Pur Biel, the ‘Lost Boy’ who found a sense of...
(Source: Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016) The South Sudanese runner, who lived for 10 years in a refugee camp, will compete in the 800m at the Rio 2016 Games Eleven...
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