The Refugee Team for the Olympic Games was announced
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) unveiled this Thursday its largest refugee Olympic team to date for the Paris 2024 Games, with 36 athletes from 11 different countries. The athletes, some from Syria, Sudan, Iran, Afghanistan and Cuba, will compete in 12 sports.
The wonderful world of heroes without medals
Olympic history is full of stories of admirable athletes who didn’t reach the podium. A Syrian swimmer, the last of a long list.
She escaped hunger and destruction to be the first champion of the Olympic Refugee Team
Anjelina Nadai Lohalith won the European Cross Country Club Championship and became the first athlete from the Refugee Team to win an international competition. Show was born in Sudan, fled to Kenya and spent almost 20 years without seeing her parents.
More refugee athletes join the Paris 2024 dream
The IOC announced that another 11 athletes who fled their countries will have financial support and so are 52 who will try to qualify to be part of the Olympic Team of Refugee Athletes at the next Olympic Games.
Well-deserved recognition to Olympism for its success in restoring the dreams of many athletes
The Olympic Foundation for Refugees and the Olympic Refugee Team received the Princess of Asturias Award, the highest distinction in Spanish sports.
Peace, victory at the heart of ASICS origami-themed kit for Refugee Paralympic Team at Tokyo 2020
Olympic Champion's Project Producing Results
(ATR) Make a Mark, launched in 2019 by Niccolo Campriani, will have two athletes competing at Tokyo 2020.
FrancsJeux: 'A Tokyo 2020, les refugies viseront les medailles'
FrancsJeux interviews en francais Tegla Loroupe, Chef de Mission for the Refugee Team for Tokyo 2020.
Bach Nixes Trump, Macron, Xi and Abe Meetings
(ATR) IOC president also says India is back in the Olympic fold.
Judo and Taekwondo Leaders Ink Cooperation Agreement
(ATR) The partnership will promote sport as a vehicle towards peace, social development and integration of vulnerable populations.
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