The Refugee Team for the Paris Olympics will feature 36 athletes from 11 countries in 12 sports. They were picked from more than 70 scholarships, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said at the team announcement on Thursday.The Associated PressCyclist Masomah Ali Zada, left, and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach, right, are shown in this July 2023 file photo. Ali Zada will serve as the chef de mission for the Refugee Team at the Paris Olympic Games.
Instead of competing under the Olympic flag, the refugees have their own emblem featuring a heart at its centre, surrounded by arrows symbolizing how lost refugees can find their way back. The team will be known under the acronym EOR from the French name Equipe Olympique des Refugies. Boxer Cindy Ngamba and Ethiopian runner Farida Abaroge are among the women. Kasra Mehdipournejad, an Iranian taekwondo athlete living in Germany, and shooter Edilio Francisco Centeno Nieves from Venezuela are among the men.On Tuesday, a third runner on the team was suspended for a positive doping test.
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