Refugee athletes see Rio as chance to call for peace


Athletes from South Sudan, part of the refugee athletes who qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics, and their training partners run along a dusty road during a jogging session at their camp in Ngong township near Kenya's capital Nairobi, June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

NGONG, Kenya, June 10 (Reuters) - - Angeline Nadai Lohalith's wish is to see peace in South Sudan so that she can represent her war-torn country of birth at the Olympic Games.

But Lohalith will be marching under the banner of the Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) when the 2016 Games start in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5.

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