Refugee Team at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

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Refugee Team at the
2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
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The Refugee Team competed under the Olympic Council of Asia flag (not shown)
IOC code ART
Website www.olympic.ph  (in English)
Competitors5 in 1 sport
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Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games appearances

The Refugee Team participated in the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 17-27 September 2017.

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The five athletes competed under the Olympic Council of Asia flag as the "Refugee Team". Three of the athletes competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics with the remaining two competing internationally for the first time. All athletes are from South Sudan [1] with most of them from the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. [2]

The organizers of the games invited the team to compete. Tegla Loroupe of Kenya will serve as the delegation's chef de mission. [2]

Participants

5 competitors competed in the Indoor Athletics under the flag of Refugee Team.

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Indoor Athletics 505

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Refugee team from Africa to compete in Indoor Athletics track events". Akipress.com. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 Kwoba, John (12 September 2017). "Kenya's Loroupe to lead another refugee team to Asian Games". Xinhua. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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