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IOC Refugee Athlete Sediqi seeking Tokyo 2020 taekwondo goal


IOC Refugee Athlete Sediqi seeking Tokyo 2020 taekwondo goal
Saturday, 27 February 2021
Abdullah Sediqi, holder of an International Olympic Committee Refugee Athlete Scholarship, has spoken of his ambition to reach the Tokyo 2020 taekwondo competition this year.
Now training in Belgium, the 24-year-old from Afghanistan has practised taekwondo since he was eight.
He told the
Olympic Channel how he fled to Europe four years ago from his war-torn country after gangs had made threats against him because of his sporting ability.
It was a gruelling mission, there were days I walked for 12 hours straight, he said of his escape.
Now established in Wilrijk, a neighbourhood of Antwerp, Sediqi’s results are offering real hope that he can earn a place at this summer’s postponed Olympics. ....

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