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Refugee althletes train for 2017 World Athletics Championships in London

1,827 views · Published 3 August 2017 · 3:01 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2017 · News & Politics

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Five refugee athletes will be competing at the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) World Athletics Championship for the first time. They have been working hard, training with Kenya’s elite national team and renowned athletes like world record holder David Rudisha. 

Ahmed Bashir Farah, Anjelina Lohalith, Dominic Lobalu, Rose Lokonyen, Kadar Omar will compete in London.

Rose Lokonyen is used to the world stage - she took part in the Rio Olympics in 2016 as part of the Refugee Olympic Team, the first time in the history of the Games that refugees were allowed to participate as a team. 

Rosa said: “I see myself competing one day, one time in a higher level. Right now, I’m participating with the champions and now this is my time I have to polish my talent and to show people in the world that a refugee can make it.”

Learn more: http://www.unhcr.org/uk/news/latest/2017/8/5981ddf24/refugee-team-competes-world-athletics-championships.html


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