{"id":6088,"date":"2016-06-23T20:02:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T20:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsincerity.wpengine.com\/?p=248"},"modified":"2023-05-22T08:01:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:01:06","slug":"a-team-with-no-country-every-4-years-countries-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/a-team-with-no-country-every-4-years-countries-around\/","title":{"rendered":"First All-Refugee Team Enters Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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?<\/p>\n<p>Introducing the Olympics\u2019 first all-refugee team.<\/p>\n<p>At year\u2019s Summer Olympics in Brazil, a team of 10 refugees will be carrying the Olympic flag in the opening ceremony. It\u2019s the first refugee squad in Olympic history.<\/p>\n<p>The men and women making up the team are from Syria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. They\u2019ve fled their respective countries and are uniting together under the Olympic rings \u2013 a fitting symbol of hope, human unity, and inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJTMQMXhF1o\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legend. #TeamRefugees<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by TeamRefugees (@teamrefugees) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-08-19T18:11:26+00:00\">Aug 19, 2016 at 11:11am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019 first all-refugee team. At year\u2019s Summer Olympics in Brazil, a team of 10 refugees will be carrying the Olympic flag in the opening ceremony. 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