>Team of 10 refugees, including Syrian swimmers and DRC judokas, to compete at this summer's Olympic Games in Brazil.
> 10-strong refugee team is to compete at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro later this year as "a symbol of hope," the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said.
>"These refugees have no home, no team, no flag, no national anthem. We will offer them a home in the Olympic Village together with all the athletes of the world," IOC President Thomas Bach said on Friday following an executive board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
>Selected from 43 possible candidates, there are two Syrian swimmers, two judokas from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and six runners from Ethiopia and South Sudan in the refugee team.
>"They all fled violence and persecution in their countries and sought refuge in places as wide-ranging as Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Kenya and Brazil," UNHCR said in a statement.
"The initiative to send a refugee team to the Rio Games is unprecedented and sends a strong message of support and hope for refugees worldwide."
Oh boy. 10€ says they're complete shit and whoever beats them will be called a bigot.
Colton Campbell
>Olympic athletes
Why the fuck aren't they fighting for their homeland? They care nothing of Syria.
Wyatt Ortiz
Do those countries not have their own teams? Why can they not compete as part of them. If they've been granted citizenship as part of raping their way into a gibsmedat country, why are they then not on their team instead?
Brayden Ramirez
inb4 they murder some of the other athletes over a petty difference.
