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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· 24 hours agoA third runner on the Refugee Olympic Team has been suspended for a positive doping test, with the...
Olympic refugee team runner Dominic Lokolong Atiol tests positive for doping ahead of Paris Games
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month 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· 11 months agoAirbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia is the latest high-net-worth individual to get involved in the...
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...
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...
Allyson Felix and Inbee Park among 32 athlete candidates at Paris Olympics in IOC membership vote
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSeven-time Olympic champion sprinter Allyson Felix and seven-time golf major winner Inbee Park are...
Refugee athlete on IOC scholarship for Paris Olympics suspended after testing positive for EPO
Associated Press via AOL· 5 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 ...
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...