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Olympic refugee athlete Lohalith suspended in the team's 3rd doping case ahead of Paris Games
Associated Press via Yahoo Sports· 2 months agoA third runner on the Refugee Olympic Team has been suspended for a positive doping test, with the...
New European champion runner for Switzerland invited by IOC to rejoin Olympic refugee team for Paris
Associated Press via Yahoo Sports· 1 week agoThe new European champion in the men’s 10,000 meters, Dominic Lobalu, was invited Thursday by the...
Cindy Ngamba looks forward to fighting for ‘the most beautiful thing ever’
PA Media: Sport via Yahoo Sports· 2 months agoUK-based boxer Cindy Ngamba officially has a shot at becoming the first athlete to win a medal for...
Former refugee Cyrille Tchatchet’s Commonwealth medal dream ended by body cramps
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter a torturous journey that included sleeping on the streets and the contemplation of committing...
Jade Jones hungry to make ‘sporting history’ and claim third Olympic gold medal
PA Media: Sport via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoThe prospect of pulling off “mission impossible” and becoming the first taekwondo athlete in history...
Real-Life Sisters Play Syrian Refugees Yusra & Sara Mardini In 'The Swimmers'
Women's Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSyrian refugees Yusra and Sara Mardini swam 3 hours across the Aegean Sea to save their lives. Yusra...
Fleeing Kabul, chasing gold - the story of a refugee Olympian
BBC via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoFarzad Mansouri was the teenage flagbearer for his nation at the last Olympics. Three years on,...
Olympic long-distance champion Mo Farah says he was illegally trafficked to UK as child
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTeam Great Britain Olympic long-distance runner Sir Mohamed “Mo” Farah said on Monday that he was...
US sprint great Allyson Felix joins IOC athletes' commission
Associated Press via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoAmerican sprint great Allyson Felix and a refugee cyclist originally from Afghanistan joined the...
‘The Swimmers’ Review: Hope Floats in This Mostly True Story of Refugee Sisters From Syria
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt the end of “The Swimmers,” you could be excused for thinking that Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini...