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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday announced the names of the athletes who will represent the IOC Refugee Olympic Team at the Tokyo 2020 ....
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. ....