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AS IT IS 2016-03-03 IOC Approves Refugee1 Olympic Team 国际奥委会宣布组建难民奥林匹克运动队
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For the first time, a team of refugees2 will compete at the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee approved a plan this week for a team of up to 10 Refugee Olympic Athletes (ROA).
The news of the Refugee Olympic Athletes became a trending topic on social media Thursday. Facebook users3 called the plan a “wonderful gesture” and “the greatest news I’ve heard in awhile.”
More than 40 high-performance athletes, who happen to be refugees, have been identified as possible Olympic athletes.
CNN reported Thursday that one of them is a 17-year-old swimmer named Yusra Mardini. She fled Syria on a boat headed for Greece from Turkey. The boat started filling with water. Mardini and her sister got in the water and helped pull the boat and its 20 people on board to safety.
Mardini now lives in Germany. She has received funding from the International Olympic Committee for her training.
The Refugee Olympic team will participate in the Olympic opening ceremony in Rio on August 5. The team will march out just before athletes from Brazil.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said at an IOC meeting that, "By welcoming this team of refugee athletes to Rio, we want to send a message of hope for all refugees of the world.”
The United Nations says that more than 60 million people around the world are refugees.
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athlete - n. a person who is trained in or good at sports, games, or exercises that require physical skill and strength
wonderful - adj. extremely good
gesture - n. something said or done to show a particular feeling or attitude
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