MONACO (Reuters) - A refugee team that competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics with 10 athletes from countries including Syria and South Sudan was named on Monday as winner of a Laureus Award for sporting inspiration.
"This award is for the 65.4 million displaced people globally, who cannot go to their homes because of strife," Kenyan distance runner Tegla Loroupe, the team's chef de mission, told a news conference in Monaco.
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