Olympic Refugee Team athletes James Nyang Chiengjiek, Rose Nathike Lokonyen and Paulo Amotun Lokoro at the Sheridan College campus in Brampton in September. JENNIFER ROBERTS/for The Washington Post ...

Olympians Farida Abaroge, Perina Lokure Nakang and Musa Suliman are among the six athletes named on the Athlete Refugee Team ...

The refugee team was created by the IOC for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro to allow athletes to keep competing, even if they have been forced to leave their home countries. There were 10 ...

Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) revealed the athletes who will represent the Refugee Olympic Team at this year's Games. A cohort of 36 elite athletes, who are also refugees, will head ...

The athletes competing were confirmed by IOC president and former Olympic gold medalist Thomas Bach, with the 2024 team spread across 12 sports, and the growth of the team comes at a time when the ...

The Olympic refugee team was born at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, a collaboration between the International Olympic Committee and UNHCR, with just 10 athletes from four different countries.

Sports-loving newcomers to Canada will be keeping a close eye on the 10 athletes competing in Rio for the first-ever refugee Olympic team.

From unseen moments to raw emotion, follow eight athletes as they chase greatness on the world’s biggest stage at the Olympic ...

Toronto judo athlete Nigara Shaheen named to Olympic refugee team for Paris By: Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press Posted: 8:20 AM CDT Thursday, May. 2, 2024 Last Modified: 2:59 PM CDT Thursday ...

They come from the places that are most ravaged by war and violence in the world, but have found peace and hope in sports. In the coming two weeks, the 10-member Refugee Olympic Team will need all ...

Officially called the Refugee Olympic Team (ROT), the athletes will walk into the opening ceremony just ahead of the huge team from Brazil, the host nation that marches last in the parade of ...

For the first time in Olympic history 10 refugee athletes are competing as part of the Refugee Olympic Team. A refugee is a person who has been forced to flee his or her home country.