The largest sporting event in the world is the Olympic Games , but there are many other multi-sport games. To see what's coming up, check out the calendar of major sporting events. Any comments, suggestions or corrections?
Please let us know. Search This Site. They represent the millions of refugees around the world, and they're raising awareness of the conditions back in their native countries with each heat that they compete in during the Rio Olympics. Both the Kuwaiti athletes and the refugee athletes are competing under the Olympic flag, but they aren't all on the same team. Still, none of them will compete under a sovereign country's flag.
Ahead of this month's games, Russian athletes faced the possibility of competing as independent athletes, when it looked like their team might be banned from the international competition. The Russian team was investigated for doping allegations, and some athletes were banned from the Rio Games. Many of Russia's athletes, however, were allowed to compete as a united team in Rio.
The independent athletes are not to be confused with the refugee athletes. According to the Olympics website, there are 10 refugee athletes participating without a country.
By competing in the games, they're attempting to raise awareness of the refugee crisis as well as serve as hope to other refugees around the world. Thankfully, the ROT will have an entourage to help them as all the other teams do. Remove my review Confirm Cancel. Place no. Memorise the search. Tracked search Track this search by receiving new results by email. Subscribe me to events in the same category.
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