IOC President Thomas Bach welcomes participants to the virtual International Olympic Committee Executive Board in Lausanne, Switzerland, February 24, 2021. Greg Martin/IOC/Handout via REUTERS
BERLIN (Reuters) - The refugee team that will compete at the Tokyo Olympics will be finalised in June from a group of 55 athletes preparing in 12 sports, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday.
The IOC unveiled its first team of refugees at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 in an effort to raise awareness of the issue, and it became one of the feel-good stories of those Games.
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