The national team of refugees will make a speech at 2016 Summer Olympics

will make a speech At <"0"> Olympic Games-2016 the national team of refugees"> 2016 Summer Olympics to Rio de Janeiro will get to textbooks on stories. in Rio in the history the national team of refugees for the first time will act. The team consists of ten athletes. Two members of the national team a sort from Syrie, two more — from Congo-Brazzaville, one of Ethiopia. But the most numerous group — five people — natives from Republic of South Sudan. Athletes refugees will act in such disciplines, as track and field athletics, swimming and judo. In total 43 athletes applied for participation in the national team.

the Swimmer Yusra Mardini lives now to Germany, it got there ten months ago habitual, though a route dangerous to the Syrian refugees: through Lebanon and Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos, and then through all Europe to Germany. On a way to Greece the boat in which it floated, turned over. Not all passengers were able to swim — Yusra was able therefore survived. At the summer Olympic Games the swimmer will compete in discipline of 200 meters freestyle.

Having organized a national team, International Olympic Committee wants to give to refugees of the whole world "a hope symbol". Besides, this event has to draw attention to scales of crisis of refugees, International Olympic Committee is reported on a site.