Every 4 years countries around the world send their best athletes to represent them in the Olympic games. But what happens when a world-class athlete has no country?
Introducing the Olympics’ first all-refugee team.
At year’s Summer Olympics in Brazil, a team of 10 refugees will be carrying the Olympic flag in the opening ceremony. It’s the first refugee squad in Olympic history.
The men and women making up the team are from Syria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. They’ve fled their respective countries and are uniting together under the Olympic rings – a fitting symbol of hope, human unity, and inspiration.
