In a first for an Olympic Games, the Rio Games has a team made up of 10 refugees. In recorded audio interviews, TOM ELLIS and NORMAN BRIERLEY, of Passion for Sport, speak to UNCHR’s Luiz Fernando Godinho and the team’s chef de mission, Tegla Loroupe, about the initiative…
Members of the Refugee Olympic Team meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro. PICTURE: UN Photo/Mark Garten.
TOM ELLIS speaks with, Luiz Fernando Godinho, a spokesperson for UNHCR Brazil, discusses the participation of the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016, what message it sends to the world, what it means to the athletes themselves and what impact it could have. You can listen to the interview here.
Tegla Loroupe held many marathon and half marathon titles in te 90’s. She broke the World Record for the marathon twice in 1998 and 1999. On retirement from pounding the roads and the track she has devoted herself for peace. As founder of the Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation she has been able to help young and old. Her latest project is giving a sporting life to refugees from war torn countries and is the chef de mission of the Olympic Refugee Team. NORMAN BRIERLEY started by asking Tegla Loroupe what her best win was in her many years of long distance running. You can listen to the interview here.
