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Olympic refugee team runner Dominic Lokolong Atiol tests positive for doping ahead of Paris Games
Associated Press via AOL· 1 week agoA second runner on the Olympic refugee team has been implicated in doping while preparing for the...
Refugee Olympic team awarded prestigious Spanish prize
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Olympic Refugee Foundation and the refugee Olympics team are the winners of this year’s Princess...
Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia Enters the Doc Arena With Olympic Refugee Film, ‘We Dare to Dream’
Variety via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAirbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia is the latest high-net-worth individual to get involved in the...
Real-Life Sisters Play Syrian Refugees Yusra & Sara Mardini In 'The Swimmers'
Women's Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSyrian refugees Yusra and Sara Mardini swam 3 hours across the Aegean Sea to save their lives. Yusra...
‘She has the fighting spirit’: How a refugee runner refused to allow tragedy to define her
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoAt 9 years old, Anjelina Nadai Lohalith fled war-torn South Sudan with her aunt, leaving the rest of...
Netflix 'The Swimmers' follows refugee Yusra Mardini's path to the Olympics while trying to 'cling'...
Yahoo News Canada· 1 year agoSally El Hosaini told the story of how Yusra Mardini and her sister fled war-torn Syria and made it...
Swim Coach Sven Spannekrebs Also Trained The Actors In ‘The Swimmers’
Women's Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSven Spannekrebs helped train Yusra Mardini to reach the 2016 Rio Olympics. Here's where he is...
A weight lifted: Cyrille Tchatchet wants to give something back to Birmingham
PA Media: Sport via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoCyrille Tchatchet was walking home through the streets of Smethwick in 2016 when he got the call he...
The Inspiring True Story Behind Netflix's The Swimmers
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSara Mardini and Yusra Mardini attend the Opening Night Gala Premiere of "The Swimmers" during the...
Refugee athlete on IOC scholarship for Paris Olympics suspended after testing positive for EPO
Associated Press via AOL· 4 months agoA refugee athlete on an IOC scholarship to train for the Paris Olympics has been provisionally suspended in a doping case, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Wednesday. Fouad Idbafdil was s ent ...