30-six athletes from 11 various nations, hosted by 15 Nationwide Olympic Committees (NOCs) and competing across 12 sports ended up named right now as users of the IOC Refugee Olympic Crew for Paris 2024.
The announcement was manufactured by the Intercontinental Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Thomas Bach, for the duration of a are living-streamed ceremony from the Olympic Household in Lausanne, Switzerland. Showing up at the Olympic Games for the third time, the IOC Refugee Olympic Team will represent the far more than 100 million displaced people today around the world.
The composition of the team was approved by the IOC Government Board (EB) and was dependent on quite a few conditions which include, first and foremost, just about every athlete’s sporting general performance and their refugee standing as confirmed by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
“We welcome all of you with open arms. You are an enrichment to our Olympic Community and our societies. With your participation in the Olympic Game titles, you will reveal the human prospective of resilience and excellence. This will ship a message of hope to the more than 100 million displaced men and women about the globe,” IOC President Thomas Bach stated even though asserting the group.
A full of 36 athletes from 11 distinct international locations of origin will sort the IOC Refugee Olympic Workforce and will contend across 12 sporting activities, symbolizing the world’s displaced inhabitants of in excess of 100 million folks, at #Paris2024 Olympics ❤️
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The IOC Refugee Olympic Workforce represents more than 100 million forcibly displaced men and women globally. Produced up of 36 athletes from 11 distinct nations around the world, hosted by 15 Nationwide Olympic Committees, and competing throughout 12 sports activities, the crew demonstrates to the environment that refugees are an enrichment to society.
For the initially time, the Refugee Olympic Staff will contend beneath its group emblem – a unifying symbol bringing collectively varied athletes and providing the staff its possess unique identity.
The staff is led by the Chef de Mission, Masomah Ali Zada herself a member of the Refugee Olympic Workforce Tokyo 2020. Most of the athletes on the staff are supported by the Refugee Athlete Scholarship Programme, which is managed by the ORF and funded by the Olympic Solidarity. The selection process for the team is based on sporting performances and the athlete’s refugee position, as confirmed by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.